Topology synthesis of large-displacement compliant mechanisms

DOI10.1002/nme.148zbMath0988.74055MaRDI 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 analysis; topology optimization; method of moving asymptotes; adjoint method; synthesis of large-displacement mechanisms; synthesis of path-generating compliant mechanisms; total Lagrangian finite element

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

70E60: Robot dynamics and control of rigid bodies

74P15: Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics

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