A level set method for microstructure design of composite materials

Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-250

  Mei, Yulin ^a   Wang, Xiaoming ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gradient projection; Homogenization; Level set method; Microstructures design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TOPOLOGY;

GRADIENT PROJECTION; HOMOGENIZATION; LEVEL SET METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURES DESIGN;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 10044273183     PISSN: 08949166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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