A comparative study of the formulations and benchmark problems for the topology optimization of compliant

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Deepak, Sangamesh R ^a   Dinesh, M ^a   Sahu, Deepak K ^a   Ananthasuresh, G K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; CHECKERBOARD PATTERNS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; COMPUTER CODES; CONTINUUM ELEMENTS; FRAME ELEMENTS; GROUND STRUCTURE; INITIAL GUESS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; INPUT FORCES; LINEAR ELASTIC; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

MECHANISMS; TOPOLOGY;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78651585612     PISSN: 19424302     EISSN: 19424310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2959094     Document Type: Article

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