A multiscale strategy for structural optimization

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-126

  Boucard, P A ^a   Buytet, S ^a   Guidault, P A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Frictional contact; Level set; Multiresolution; Multiscale strategy; X FEM

Indexed keywords

FRICTIONAL CONTACT; LEVEL SET; MULTIRESOLUTION; MULTISCALE STRATEGY; X-FEM;

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MULTIRESOLUTION ANALYSIS; SET THEORY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 64049097373     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2484     Document Type: Article

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