Dual methods for discrete structural optimization problems

DOI<1761::AID-NME963>3.0.CO;2-R 10.1002/1097-0207(20000830)48:12<1761::AID-NME963>3.0.CO;2-RzbMath0989.74055MaRDI QIDQ4508003

Muriel Beckers

Publication date: 10 October 2000

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0207(20000830)48:12<1761::aid-nme963>3.0.co;2-r

zbMATH Keywords

trusses; structural optimization; mathematical programming method; thin-walled structures; discrete variables; finite elements method; non-convexity; subgradient-based algorithm; approximate subproblems; topology optimization of membrane

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65K05: Numerical mathematical programming methods

65K10: Numerical optimization and variational techniques

74P15: Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics

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