A symmetry reduction method for continuum structural topology optimization

Computers and Structures

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-61

  Kosaka, Iku ^a,b   Swan, Colby C ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b VMA Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum topology; Design sensitivity analysis (DSA); Optimal design; Structural optimization; Symmetry enforcement; Topology; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032760150     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(98)00158-8     Document Type: Article

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