A study on the shape extraction process in the structural topology optimization using homogenized material

Computers and Structures

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 527-538

  Youn, Sung Kie ^a   Park, Sang Hoon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODEL STRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION;

HOMOGENIZED MATERIALS; SHAPE EXTRACTION PROCESS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0031076478     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(96)00217-9     Document Type: Article

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