A quadratically convergent unstructured remeshing strategy for shape optimization

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Wilke, Daniel N ^a   Kok, Schalk ^a   Groenwold, Albert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Analytical sensitivity analysis; Consistent tangent; Local Minima; Shape optimization; Truss analogy; Unstructured remeshing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

ANALYTICAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; CONSISTENT TANGENT; LOCAL MINIMA; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; TRUSS ANALOGY; UNSTRUCTURED REMESHING;

TRUSSES;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 29244437874     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1430     Document Type: Article

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