Multipoint approximation development: Thermal structural optimization case study

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1151-1164

  Xu, Suqiang ^a   Grandhi, Ramana V ^a  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Design optimization; Function approximation; Multipoint approximation; Weighting function

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

FUNCTION APPROXIMATION; MULTIPOINT APPROXIMATION; PLATE THERMAL STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; WING BOX THERMAL STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 0034229888     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(20000720)48:8<1151::AID-NME938>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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