An approach to reliability-based shape and topology optimization of truss structures

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-53

  Torii, André Jacomel ^a   Lopez, Rafael Holdorf ^b   Biondini, Fabio ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ET INSA DE ROUEN   (France)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

geometry optimization; reliability based optimization; topology optimization; truss structures

Indexed keywords

ACTING FORCE; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DETERMINISTIC OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; DISTRIBUTED RANDOM VARIABLES; GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; RELIABILITY BASED OPTIMIZATION; SHAPE AND TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; TRUSS STRUCTURE; TRUSS STRUCTURES;

GEOMETRY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RANDOM VARIABLES; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 84857278090     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: 10290273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2011.558578     Document Type: Article

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