Imposing maximum length scale in topology optimization

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 463-473

  Guest, James K ^a  

^a Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Length scale; Manufacturing constraints; Pore size; Stokes flow; Structural redundancy; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PORE SIZE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY;

LENGTH SCALE; MANUFACTURING CONSTRAINTS; STOKES FLOW; STRUCTURAL REDUNDANCY; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 58049152404     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-008-0250-7     Document Type: Article

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