Teacher tree: The evolution of notch shape optimization from complex to simple

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1732-1742

  Mattheck, C ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bio design; Fatigue crack; Method of tensile triangles; Notch stress; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAPHIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BIO-DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED OPTIMIZATION; NOTCH STRESS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; TEACHER TREE; TENSILE TRIANGLES;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAPHIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

EID: 33646773623     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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