Interface study and boundary smoothing on designed composite material microstructures for manufacturing purposes

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 326-332

  Qi, H ^a   Kikuchi, N ^a   Mazumder, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimetallic interface; Boundary smoothing; Composite material; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL EXPANSION; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

BIMETALLIC INTERFACE; BOUNDARY SMOOTHING; COMPOSITE MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 1842786318     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-003-0313-8     Document Type: Article

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