Accurate computation of design sensitivities for structures under transient dynamic loads using time marching scheme

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 977-999

  Dutta, A ^a   Ramakrishnan, C V ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Design constraints; Design sensitivity; Design variable; Mesh refinement; Time discretization; Time marching

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DYNAMIC LOADS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN SENSITIVITY; MESH REFINEMENT; MODAL SUPERPOSITION METHOD; TIME DISCRETIZATION; TIME MARCHING SCHEME;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032026898     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980330)41:6<977::AID-NME281>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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