An evaluative study on ESO and SIMP for optimising a cantilever tie-beam

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 403-414

  Edwards, C S ^a   Kim, H A ^a   Budd, C J ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary structural optimisation (ESO); Solid isotropic microstructure with penalisation (SIMP); Topology optimisation

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EVOLUTIONARY STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION (ESO); OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; SOLID ISOTROPIC MICROSTRUCTURE WITH PENALIZATION (SIMP);

CANTILEVER BEAMS;

EID: 34848839020     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-007-0102-x     Document Type: Article

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