Planar articulated mechanism design by graph theoretical enumeration

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 295-299

  Kawamoto, A ^a   Bendsoe M P ^a   Sigmund, O ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Enumeration; Graph theory; Mechanism design; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GRAPH THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TRUSSES;

ENUMERATION; MECHANISM DESIGN; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION (TO);

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 3142601191     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-004-0409-9     Document Type: Article

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