Dual approach using a variant perimeter constraint and efficient sub-iteration scheme for topology optimization

Computers and Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 22-23, 2003, Pages 2173-2181

  Zhang, W H ^a   Duysinx, P ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dual approach; Perimeter constraint; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

PERIMETER CONSTRAINT;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041692747     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(03)00294-3     Document Type: Article

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