A Finite Element Analysis of Optimal Variable Thickness Sheets

DOI10.1137/S0036142996313968zbMath0938.74054MaRDI QIDQ4271013

Joakim H. Petersson

Publication date: 22 November 1999

Published in: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

regularityconvergencestructural optimizationbiaxialitymaximum stiffnesselementwise constantnine-node Lagrange quadrilateral elementsquasi-mixed finite element methoduniqueness of optimal thickness functionvariable thickness sheets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Optimization of other properties in solid mechanics (74P10) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30)

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