Evolutionary material translation: a tool for the automatic design of low weight, low stress structures

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 147-167

  Reynolds, D ^a   Christie, W C ^a   Bettess, P ^a   McConnachie, J ^a   Bull, J W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY;

EVOLUTIONARY MATERIAL TRANSLATION; HARD KILL; SELF DESIGNING STRUCTURES; SHAPE OPTIMISATION; TOPOLOGICAL OPTIMISATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0035124992     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0207(20010110)50:1<147::AID-NME26>3.0.CO;2-#     Document Type: Article

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