Form finding of sparse structures with continuum topology optimization

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1707-1716

  Rahmatalla, Salam ^a   Swan, Colby C ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckling; Eigenvalues; Optimization; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING STABILITY; CONTINUUM TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; EIGENVALUES; LINEAR ELASTIC CONTINUUM;

BRIDGES; BUCKLING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY;

STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EID: 2642550459     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2003)129:12(1707)     Document Type: Article

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