A Quantitative Comparison Between Size, Shape, Topology and Simultaneous Optimization for Truss Structures

Abstract There are typically three broad categories of structural optimization namely size, shape and topology. Over the past few decades various researchers have focused on developing techniques for optimizing structures by considering either one or a combination of these aspects. In this paper the...

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Main Authors: T.E. Müller, E. van der Klashorst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Marcílio Alves
Series:Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-78252017001202221&lng=en&tlng=en