A systems approach to structural topology optimization: Designing optimal connections

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Jiang, Tao ^a   Chirehdast, Mehran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SPOT WELDING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY; WELDING CODES;

ANALYTICAL GRADIENTS; CONVEX APPROXIMATION METHODS; LARGE-SCALE PROBLEM; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING PROBLEM; MULTIPLE COMPONENTS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 1842680360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/96-DETC/DAC-1474     Document Type: Conference Paper

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