Explicit feature control in structural topology optimization via level set method

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2014.01.010zbMath1296.74081OpenAlexW2067253855MaRDI QIDQ459113

Wenliang Zhong, Xu Guo, Wei Sheng Zhang

Publication date: 8 October 2014

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2014.01.010

zbMATH Keywords

topology optimizationlevel-setsigned distance functionfeature control

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Application models in control theory (93C95) Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P15)

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