Optimal shapes of mechanically motivated surfaces

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 199, Issue 5-8, 2010, Pages 324-333

  Bletzinger, Kai Uwe ^a   Firl, Matthias ^a   Linhard, Johannes ^a   Wüchner, Roland ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Filter methods; Form finding; Inverse problems; Membrane action; Mesh regularization; Shape optimization

Indexed keywords

DISCRETIZATIONS; FILTER METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; FORM FINDING; FREEFORMS; IN-PLANE; LOAD CARRYING; MEMBRANE DESIGNS; MEMBRANE STATE; METAL SHEETS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL SHAPE; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PRE-STRESSED; STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL SHAPE; TYPICAL APPLICATION;

DESIGN; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MEMBRANES; SHEET METAL; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL METALS;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 72549088361     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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