Concurrent design and evaluation based on structural optimization using structural and function-oriented elements at the conceptual design phase

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-42

  Takezawa, Akihiro ^a   Nishiwaki, Shinji ^a   Izui, Kazuhiro ^a   Yoshimura, Masataka ^a   Nishigaki, Hidekazu ^b   Tsurumi, Yasuaki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Computer aided engineering; Conceptual design; Decision support system; Structural analysis; Structural optimization; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PRODUCT DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; CONCURRENT DECISION MAKING; PRODUCT ORIENTED ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 14644405698     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X05050914     Document Type: Article

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