Length scale control for structural optimization by level sets

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2016.03.037zbMath1425.74371OpenAlexW2317286716MaRDI QIDQ2419320

Lei Zhang, Michael Yu Wang, Yi-Qiang Wang

Publication date: 12 June 2019

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.2016.03.037

zbMATH Keywords

structural optimizationlevel set methodlength scale controlmanufacturing constraintmember size control

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimization of other properties in solid mechanics (74P10) Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P15)

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