Topology synthesis of large-displacement compliant mechanisms

DOI10.1002/nme.148zbMath0988.74055OpenAlexW2142190422MaRDI QIDQ2720003

Thomas Buhl, Claus B. W. Pedersen, Ole Sigmund

Publication date: 14 July 2002

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.148

zbMATH Keywords

sensitivity analysistopology optimizationmethod of moving asymptotesadjoint methodsynthesis of large-displacement mechanismssynthesis of path-generating compliant mechanismstotal Lagrangian finite element

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Robot dynamics and control of rigid bodies (70E60) Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P15)

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