A level set based topology optimization method using the discretized signed distance function as the design variables

DOI10.1007/s00158-009-0453-6zbMath1274.74420OpenAlexW1988493217MaRDI QIDQ381485

Shinji Nishiwaki, Kazuo Sato, Shintaro Yamasaki, Atsushi Kawamoto, Kazuhiro Izui, Tsuyoshi Nomura

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/s00158-009-0453-6

zbMATH Keywords

sensitivity analysislevel set methodtopology optimizationaugmented Lagrangian methodsigned distance functionperimeter constraint

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Applications of optimal control and differential games (49N90) Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P15)

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