An integrated approach to structural shape optimization

Computers and Structures

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 279-289

  Pourazady, M ^a   Fu, Z ^a  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); GEOMETRY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

B SPLINE FUNCTIONS; CONSTRAINT EQUATIONS; DESIGN SENSITIVITIES; ISOPARAMETRIC MAPPING TECHNIQUE; MOVE LIMITS; STRUCTURAL SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0030196797     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7949(95)60363-8     Document Type: Article

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