Advances in overcoming computational pitfalls in topology optimization

6th Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1122-1132

  Rozvany, G I N ^a   Zhou, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYSTEM STABILITY; TOPOLOGY;

DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; LOCAL STABILITY; NONOPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; STABILITY CONSTRAINTS; STRESS CONSTRAINTS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84982318227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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