Industrial implementation and applications of topology optimization and future needs

Solid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 137, Issue , 2006, Pages 229-238

  Pedersen, Claus B W ^a   Allinger, Peter ^a  

^a FE DESIGN GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAD; CAE; Industrial applications; Industrial integration; Large scale optimization

Indexed keywords

ABAQUS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MANUFACTURE; TOPOLOGY;

ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIAL IMPLEMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL INTEGRATION; INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS; INDUSTRIAL USERS; LARGE-SCALE OPTIMIZATION; MANUFACTURING CONSTRAINT; STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33751314785     PISSN: 18753507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4752-5_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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