Three dimensional design sensitivity analysis using a boundary integral approach

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 637-654

  Erman, Zeki ^a   Fenne, Roger T ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary elements; Boundary integral; Design sensitivity; Shape design

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DESIGN; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DESIGN SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 0031076107     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19970228)40:4<637::AID-NME83>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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