Shape and topology optimization for electrothermomechanical microactuators using level set methods

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2009.01.010zbMath1163.65045OpenAlexW2048634512MaRDI QIDQ1017581

Liyong Tong, Zhen Luo, Haitao Ma

Publication date: 12 May 2009

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2009.01.010

zbMATH Keywords

Hamilton-Jacobi equationnumerical examplesradial basis functionslevel set methodscompliant mechanismsshape and topology optimizationgeometrically nonlinear modelingimplicit free boundary parameterizationmultiphysics actuators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical optimization and variational techniques (65K10) Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Discrete approximations in optimal control (49M25)

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