A local-restart coupled strategy for simultaneous sizing and geometry truss optimization

Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-349

  Torii, Andre Jacomel ^a   Lopez, Rafael Holdorf ^b   Luersen, Marco Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Geometry optimization; Global optimization; Minimum volume; Size optimization; Stress constraints; Truss structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052779707     PISSN: 16797817     EISSN: 16797825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-78252011000300008     Document Type: Article

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