Adaptive finite element methods for shape optimization of linearly elastic structures

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(86)90071-XzbMath0578.73081MaRDI QIDQ1066724

John E. Taylor, Toshikazu Torigaki, Noboru Kikuchi, Kyoon Yang Chung

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7825(86)90071-x

zbMATH Keywords

optimal shape design; remeshing; interpolation error; necessary condition; linearly elastic structures; design change; Grid adaptive methods combined with means of automatic remeshing; objective function that reflects the discretization error; performed at intermediate stages of the overall solution process; quantitative effect of element distortion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74S05: Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics

74P99: Optimization problems in solid mechanics

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