"Color" level sets: A multi-phase method for structural topology optimization with multiple materials

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 193, Issue 6-8, 2004, Pages 469-496

  Wang, Michael Yu ^a   Wang, Xiaoming ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Level set method; Multi phase models; Structural optimization; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

HOMOGENIZATION METHODS; MULTI-PHASE METHODS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0442328973     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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