Topology optimization of geometrically nonlinear structures and compliant mechanisms

7th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 1874-1882

  Bruns, Tyler E ^a   Tortorelli, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANISMS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

GEOMETRIC AND MATERIAL NONLINEARITIES; GEOMETRICALLY NONLINEAR STRUCTURES; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; LINEAR ELASTIC RESPONSE; NONLINEAR ELASTICS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN PROBLEMS; STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; WEIGHTED DENSITY;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS;

EID: 84982318035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-4950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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