A generalized evolutionary method for numerical topology optimization of structures under static loading conditions

Structural Optimization

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 251-260

  Zhao, Chongbin ^a   Hornby, P ^a   Steven, G P ^b   Xie, Y M ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

GENERALIZED EVOLUTIONARY METHOD; NUMERICAL TOPOLOGY; STATIC LOADS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032093583     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01203540     Document Type: Article

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