Topology optimization design for nonlinear thermomechanical compliant actuators using meshfree methods

Guti Lixue Xuebao/Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 256-263

  Du, Yixian ^a,b   Chen, Liping ^b   Tian, Qihua ^a   Zhang, Yunqing ^b  

^a CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Compliant mechanisms; Meshless methods; Thermomechanical coupling analysis; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; FORMING; GALERKIN METHODS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; TOPOLOGY;

ADJOINT; COMPLIANT ACTUATORS; COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; FILTERING; GEOMETRIC NONLINEARITIES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MESHFREE METHODS; MESHLESS METHODS; NONLINEAR; NONLINEAR DESIGNS; OPTIMIZATION FORMULATIONS; SCATTERED POINTS; THERMO-MECHANICAL; THERMOMECHANICAL COUPLING ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION METHODS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATIONS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 54049089031     PISSN: 02547805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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