A modified Q4/Q4 element for topology optimization

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-264

  Paulino, Glaucio H ^a   Le, Chau H ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement mesh; Material mesh; Node based design variables; Q4 Q4; Q4 Q4M; Q4 U; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

DISPLACEMENT MESH; NODE-BASED DESIGN VARIABLES; Q4/Q4; Q4/Q4M; Q4/U; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 56549131179     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-008-0228-5     Document Type: Article

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