A new level-set based approach to shape and topology optimization under geometric uncertainty

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Chen, Shikui ^b   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b ALTAIR ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric uncertainty; Level set method; Shape optimization; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

BENCH MARKS; BOUNDARY VELOCITY; DESIGN PERFORMANCE; DESIGN UNDER UNCERTAINTY; GAUSS QUADRATURES; GEOMETRIC BOUNDARIES; GEOMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; KARHUNEN LOEVE EXPANSION; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; LEVEL SET METHOD; LEVEL SETS; LEVEL-SET EQUATION; LEVEL-SET MODEL; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; NON-TRIVIAL; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; POINT CORRESPONDENCE; ROBUST DESIGNS; SHAPE AND TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; SHAPE SENSITIVITIES; SHAPE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL PROBLEMS;

DROP BREAKUP; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; NANOELECTRONICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM VARIABLES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79955512648     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-011-0660-9     Document Type: Article

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