Method for varying the number of cavities in an optimized topology using Evolutionary Structural Optimization

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 140-147

  Kim, H ^a   Querin, O M ^a   Steven, G P ^a   Xie, Y M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; OPTIMIZATION;

EVOLUTIONARY STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION (ESO); INTELLIGENT CAVITY CREATION (ICC);

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034169417     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001580050094     Document Type: Article

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