Optimization methods applied to material and flextensional actuator design using the homogenization method

DOI10.1016/S0045-7825(98)00231-XzbMath0953.74050OpenAlexW2042866595MaRDI QIDQ1964273

Emílio C. Nelli Silva, Noboru Kikuchi, Jun S. Ono Fonseca, Shinji Nishiwaki

Publication date: 25 January 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0045-7825(98)00231-x

zbMATH Keywords

homogenization theorydesign methodpiezoelectric composite materialsextended fixed domain methodflextensional actuatorsglobal-local modeling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Effective constitutive equations in solid mechanics (74Q15) Composite and mixture properties (74E30) Thermal effects in solid mechanics (74F05) Electromagnetic effects in solid mechanics (74F15) Optimization of other properties in solid mechanics (74P10)

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