Minimum length scale in topology optimization by geometric constraints

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2015.05.003zbMath1423.74778OpenAlexW305632992MaRDI QIDQ2632955

Fengwen Wang, Ole Sigmund, Mingdong Zhou, Boyan Stefanov Lazarov

Publication date: 15 May 2019

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

Full work available at URL: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/0366a24a-564e-412d-9caf-b2de5eee2114

zbMATH Keywords

topology optimizationgeometric constraintminimum length scale

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical optimization and variational techniques (65K10) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P15)

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