Synthesis of optimal shape and topology of structures

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-74

  Kumar, A V ^a   Gossard, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MACHINE COMPONENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TOPOLOGY;

SHAPE DENSITY FUNCTION; SHAPE REPRESENTATION;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0030108751     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826858     Document Type: Article

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