Simultaneous optimization of topology and geometry of a regular plane truss

Computers and Structures

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-77

  Ohsaki, Makoto ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Displacement constraint; Geometry optimization; Regular truss; Sigmoid function; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOLOGY; TRUSSES;

GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; REGULAR PLANE TRUSS; SIGMOID FUNCTION; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0031623960     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(97)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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