A fixed-grid bidirectional evolutionary structural optimization method and its applications in tunnelling engineering

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1788-1810

  Liu, Yi ^a,b   Jin, Feng ^b   Li, Qing ^c   Zhou, Shiwei ^c  

^a Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolutionary structural optimization; Fixed grid finite element; Topology optimization; Tunnelling engineering

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TUNNELS;

EVOLUTIONARY STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; FIXED-GRID FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NODAL SENSITIVITY;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TUNNELS;

EID: 41449099109     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2145     Document Type: Article

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