Topological design of modular structures under arbitrary loading

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 407-417

  Moses, E ^a   Fuchs, M B ^a   Ryvkin, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Discrete Fourier transform; Periodic structures; Topological design

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TOPOLOGY;

MODULAR STRUCTURES;

MODULAR CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0037297236     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-002-0254-7     Document Type: Article

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