Honeycomb Wachspress finite elements for structural topology optimization

DOI10.1007/s00158-008-0261-4zbMath1274.74452MaRDI QIDQ381255

Cameron Talischi, Glaucio H. Paulino, Chau H. Le

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/s00158-008-0261-4

zbMATH Keywords

topology optimization; projection functions; checkerboard; continuous approximation of material distribution; Wachspress interpolation functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

74P15: Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics

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