Density-based topological design of structures subjected to water pressure using a parametric loading surface

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-19

  Fuchs, M B ^a   Shemesh, N N Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Design dependent loads; Pressure loads; Topological optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN DEPENDENT LOADS; PRESSURE LOADS; TOPOLOGICAL OPTIMIZATION; WATER PRESSURE;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 4444244644     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-004-0406-z     Document Type: Article

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