Polygonal finite elements for topology optimization: A unifying paradigm

DOI10.1002/nme.2763zbMath1188.74072OpenAlexW2169464027MaRDI QIDQ3567292

Glaucio H. Paulino, Ivan F. M. Menezes, Cameron Talischi, Anderson Pereira

Publication date: 11 June 2010

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.2763

zbMATH Keywords

topology optimizationpolygonal elementsVoronoi tessellationsunstructured meshing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical optimization and variational techniques (65K10) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P15)

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Uses Software

• DistMesh

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