A level set method for structural topology optimization

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 227-246

  Wang, Michael Yu ^a   Wang, Xiaoming ^b   Guo, Dongming ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Implicit moving boundary; Level set method; Level set models; Shape optimization; Structural optimization; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); DROP BREAKUP; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

LEVEL SET MODEL;

TOPOLOGY; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

BOUNDARY REPRESENTATIONS; LEVEL SET METHOD; LEVEL-SET MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PROCEDURES; MOVING BOUNDARIES; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0037414968     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(02)00559-5     Document Type: Article

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