Note on topology optimization of continuum structures including self-weight

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 245-256

  Bruyneel, M ^a   Duysinx, P ^b  

^a SAMTECH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Convex approximations; MMA; Self weight; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

CONVEX APPROXIMATIONS; GRADIENT-BASED METHOD OF MOVING ASYMTOTES (GBMMA); SELF-WEIGHT; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CIVIL ENGINEERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 17444407803     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-004-0484-y     Document Type: Article

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