Optimal topology selection of continuum structures with displacement constraints

Computers and Structures

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 635-644

  Liang, Q Q ^a   Xie, Y M ^a   Steven, G P ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY;

CONTINUUM STRUCTURES; OPTIMAL TOPOLOGY SELECTION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0342954840     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(00)00018-3     Document Type: Article

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