Shape and topology optimization for electrothermomechanical microactuators using level set methods

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2009.01.010zbMath1163.65045MaRDI QIDQ1017581

Liyong Tong, Zhen Luo, Haitao Ma

Publication date: 12 May 2009

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2009.01.010

zbMATH Keywords

Hamilton-Jacobi equation; numerical examples; radial basis functions; level set methods; compliant mechanisms; shape and topology optimization; geometrically nonlinear modeling; implicit free boundary parameterization; multiphysics actuators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65K10: Numerical optimization and variational techniques

49Q10: Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces

49M25: Discrete approximations in optimal control

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