A new multi-objective programming scheme for topology optimization of compliant mechanisms

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 40, Issue 1-6, 2010, Pages 241-255

  Lin, Jiangzi ^a   Luo, Zhen ^a   Tong, Liyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compliant mechanisms; Multi objective optimization; Physical Programming; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; COMPUTATION ALGORITHM; COMPUTATION EFFICIENCY; CONVEX PROGRAMMING; DESIGN OBJECTIVES; DESIGN SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; HANDLING CAPABILITY; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; METHOD OF MOVING ASYMPTOTES; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL SCHEME; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PHYSICAL PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM FORMULATION; SYSTEMATIC DESIGNS; TOPOLOGICAL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION METHOD;

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PUMPING PLANTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 72149090422     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-008-0355-z     Document Type: Article

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