Evolutionary topology optimization of continuum structures with an additional displacement constraint

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 40, Issue 1-6, 2010, Pages 409-416

  Huang, X ^a   Xie, Y M ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bi directional evolutionary structural optimization (BESO); Local displacement constraint; Optimal design

Indexed keywords

BI-DIRECTIONAL; BI-DIRECTIONAL EVOLUTIONARY STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATIONS; CONTINUUM STRUCTURES; DISPLACEMENT CONSTRAINT; EVOLUTIONARY STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; LOCAL DISPLACEMENT; MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; SINGLE CONSTRAINT; STRUCTURAL VOLUME; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; VOLUME CONSTRAINT;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 72149133379     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-009-0382-4     Document Type: Article

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