Design optimization method for compliant mechanisms and material microstructure

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 401-417

  Kikuchi, Noboru ^a   Nishiwaki, Shinji ^a   Ono Fonseca, Jun S ^a   Nelli Silva, Emílio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION METHOD; EXTENDED FIXED DOMAIN METHOD; GLOBAL LOCAL MODELING METHOD;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0031672423     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(97)00161-8     Document Type: Article

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