Hierarchical solution of large-scale three-dimensional topology optimization problems

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 1996, Pages

  De Rose, Giuseppe C A ^a   Díaz, Alejandro R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; DATA STRUCTURES; ELASTICITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; DESKTOP WORKSTATION; FINITE-ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION; HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; OCTREE DATA STRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL TOPOLOGIES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 85102003692     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/96-DETC/DAC-1486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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