A gradient-based, parameter-free approach to shape optimization

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 200, Issue 9-12, 2011, Pages 985-996

  Le, Chau ^a   Bruns, Tyler ^b   Tortorelli, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistent filtering; Length scale; Parameter free; Shape optimization; Smoothing

Indexed keywords

CONSISTENT FILTERING; DESIGN VARIABLES; FILTERING TECHNIQUE; FINITE ELEMENT; GRADIENT BASED; LENGTH SCALE; NODE COORDINATES; NODE MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL INSTABILITY; PARAMETER-FREE; PREPROCESS; SHAPE CHANGE; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM; SMOOTHING; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78650623156     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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