Checkerboard and minimum member size control in topology optimization

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 152-158

  Zhou, M ^a   Shyy,, Y K ^a   Thomas, H L ^a  

^a ALTAIR ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Checkerboard; Manufacturability; Member size control; Mesh dependency; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; TOPOLOGY;

TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0035302365     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001580050179     Document Type: Article

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