Multi-domain topology optimization for vehicle substructure design

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 12-20

  Ma, Zheng Dong ^a   Kikuchi, Noboru ^a   Pierre, Christophe ^a   Raju, Basavaraju ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b US Army TACOM Tank Automotive and Armaments Command ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DESIGN; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MODAL ANALYSIS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITIES; COMPLEX ENGINEERING; COMPONENT MODE SYNTHESIS; DESIGN PROBLEMS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; IMPROVED CONVERGENCE; LOADING CONDITION; MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION; MULTI DOMAINS; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; REAL VEHICLES; SEQUENTIAL APPROXIMATION; SIMULTANEOUS DESIGNS; STRUCTURAL DOMAINS; SUB-DOMAINS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION METHOD; TRUCK FRAMES;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78249241830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-32908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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