Evolutionary structural topology optimization for continuum structures with structural size and topology variables

Advances in Structural Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-695

  Rong, Jian Hua ^a   Jiang, Jie Sheng ^b   Xie, Yi Min ^c  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolutionary structural optimization; Finite element analyses; Stress sensitivity numbers; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY;

EVOLUTIONARY STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SIZE VARIABLES; STRESS SENSITIVITY NUMBERS;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 39549105792     PISSN: 13694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/136943307783571517     Document Type: Article

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