A monolithic approach for topology optimization of electrostatically actuated devices

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2008.04.004zbMath1194.74279OpenAlexW1966180547MaRDI QIDQ2637904

Gil Ho Yoon, Ole Sigmund

Publication date: 13 September 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2008.04.004

zbMATH Keywords

continuum mechanicselectrostaticstopology optimizationmonolithic analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic effects in solid mechanics (74F15) Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P15) Electro- and magnetostatics (78A30)

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Uses Software

• ANSYS
• COMSOL

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