On honeycomb representation and SIGMOID material assignment in optimal topology synthesis of compliant mechanisms

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1082-1098

  Saxena, Rajat ^a   Saxena, Anupam ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Compliant mechanisms; Flexibility stiffness; Flexibility strength; Honeycomb parameterization; PEAK; SIGMOID; SIMP; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; PROBABILITY; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; FLEXIBILITY STIFFNESS; FLEXIBILITY STRENGTH; HONEYCOMB PARAMETERIZATION;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

EID: 35148848762     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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