Evolutionary thickness design with stiffness maximization and stress minimization criteria

DOI10.1002/nme.241zbMath1027.74051MaRDI QIDQ2770897

Qing Li, Grant P. Steven, Yi-Min Xie

Publication date: 5 January 2004

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.241

zbMATH Keywords

finite element analysis; topology optimization; multiple loads; static stiffness; stress minimization; evolutionary structural optimization; stiffness maximization; stress sensitivity number; variable thickness design; weighted sum of objective functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

74P10: Optimization of other properties in solid mechanics

74P15: Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics

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