A hierarchical method for discrete structural topology design problems with local stress and displacement constraints

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1060-1084

  Stolpe, Mathias ^a   Stidsen, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Convex mixed integer programming; Local branching; Neighbourhood search; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; ITERATIVE METHODS; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

DISPLACEMENT CONSTRAINTS; HIERARCHICAL OPTIMIZATION METHOD; NEIGHBOURHOOD SEARCH; STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; ITERATIVE METHODS; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 33846706781     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1800     Document Type: Article

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