A critical review of established methods of structural topology optimization

DOI10.1007/s00158-007-0217-0zbMath1274.74004MaRDI QIDQ381242

Publication date: 15 November 2013

Published in: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-007-0217-0

zbMATH Keywords

trusses; topology optimization; SIMP method; checkerboard control; compliance constraints; ESO method; Michell structures; perforated plates; SERA method; stress constraints

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74P10: Optimization of other properties in solid mechanics

74-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids

74P15: Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics

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