A New Method for Optimal Truss Topology Design

DOI10.1137/0803015zbMath0780.90076OpenAlexW2081636333MaRDI QIDQ5287105

Aharon Ben-Tal, Martin Philip Bendsøe

Publication date: 11 August 1993

Published in: SIAM Journal on Optimization (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0803015

zbMATH Keywords

truss topology optimizationlarge, nonconvex optimizationnonsmooth steepest descent-type algorithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Nonconvex programming, global optimization (90C26) Nonsmooth analysis (49J52) Vibrations in dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H45) Optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P99) Computational methods for problems pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-08)

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