A note on hinge-free topology design using the special triangulation of design elements

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 701-710

  Kim, Jae Eun ^a   Kim, Yoon Young ^a   Min, Seungjae ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Checkerboard; Hinge; Macro design element; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

CHECKERBOARD CELLS; MACRO-DESIGN ELEMENT; SLANT BOUNDARY LINES; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

TOPOLOGY;

DESIGN;

EID: 29544437295     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.785     Document Type: Article

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