Considerations in the performance of large structural optimization tasks

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

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 165-169

  Johnson, Erwin H ^a  

^a MSC SOFTWARE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DESIGN TASKS; DESIGN VARIABLES; MSC/NASTRAN; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; PROBLEM SIZE;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84983127157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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