Optimization methods applied to material and flextensional actuator design using the homogenization method

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 172, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 241-271

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Dept of Mech Eng of Polytech S ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELASTICITY;

FLEXTENSIONAL ACTUATOR; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0032675038     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(98)00231-X     Document Type: Article

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