Theoretical aspects of the intemal element connectivity parameterization approach for topology optimization

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 775-797

  Yoon, Gil Ho ^a   Kim, Yoon Young ^b   Langelaar, Matthijs ^c   van Keulen, Fred ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Element connectivity parameterization; Homogenization; Topology optimization; Zero length link

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETERIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES; DESIGN VARIABLES; DISCRETE MODELS; ELEMENT CONNECTIVITY PARAMETERIZATION; ELEMENT STATE; HOMOGENIZATION; HOMOGENIZED MODELS; INTERPOLATION FUNCTIONS; NON-LINEAR PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; NUMERICAL INSTABILITIES; STIFFNESS VALUES; THEORETICAL ASPECTS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; ZERO-LENGTH LINK;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 60949090494     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2342     Document Type: Article

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