2-D and 3-D shape optimization using mesh velocities to integrate analytical sensitivities with associative CAD

Structural Optimization

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 213-222

  Lindby, T ^a   Santos, J L T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ERRORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY; ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION;

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; BOUNDARY DISPLACEMENT METHOD; ISOPARAMETRIC METHOD; LAPLACIAN SMOOTHING; MESH VELOCITY METHOD; PHYSICAL METHOD; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0031150204     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01197449     Document Type: Article

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