Simultaneous optimization of truss topology and geometry, revisited

Solid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 137, Issue , 2006, Pages 413-423

  Achtziger, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilevel programming; Geometry optimization; Truss optimization

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY; TRUSSES;

BI-LEVEL APPROACHES; BI-LEVEL PROGRAMMING; GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PROBLEM FORMULATION; SIMULTANEOUS OPTIMIZATION; STRESS CONSTRAINTS; TRUSS OPTIMIZATION;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84860746121     PISSN: 18753507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4752-5_41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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