Power of a Voxel Approach to Structural Analysis and Topology-Shape Optimization in Automobile Industries

Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-147

  Torigaki, Toshikazu ^a   Fujitani, Katsuro ^a  

^a NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact; Optimization; Structural analysis; Voxel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142235646     PISSN: 09167005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03167341     Document Type: Article

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