Geometrical aspects of optimum truss like structures

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-242

  Mazurek, Arkadiusz ^a   Baker, William F ^a   Tort, Cenk ^a  

^a Skidmore Owings and Merrill LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial only optimum structures; Discrete optimum; Hencky Net; Michell cantilever; Michell truss; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

AXIAL ONLY OPTIMUM STRUCTURES; DISCRETE OPTIMUM; HENCKY NET; MICHELL CANTILEVER; MICHELL TRUSS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NANOCANTILEVERS; TOPOLOGY; TRUSSES;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79951809272     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-010-0559-x     Document Type: Article

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