FULLY STRESSED TOPOLOGICAL DESIGN OF STRUCTURES USING AN EVOLUTIONARYPROCEDURE

Authors
HINTON E SIENZ J
Citation
E. Hinton et J. Sienz, FULLY STRESSED TOPOLOGICAL DESIGN OF STRUCTURES USING AN EVOLUTIONARYPROCEDURE, Engineering computations, 12(3), 1995, pp. 229-244
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Application, Chemistry & Engineering",Mathematics,"Mathematical Method, Physical Science","Engineering, Mechanical",Mechanics,Mathematics,"Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal title
Engineering computations → ACNP
ISSN journal
02644401
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
229 - 244
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-4401(1995)12:3<229:FSTDOS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
An automated fully stressed design approach based on the Xie and Steve n algorithm(1) is presented. With this algorithm a fully stressed desi gn is obtained by a gradual removal of low stressed material. By apply ing this evolutionary procedure a layout or topology of a structure ca n be found from an initial block of material. A fully integrated, inte ractive program is presented which incorporates automatic mesh generat ion, finite element analysis and the fully stressed design algorithm. The feasibility of the approach is demonstrated using several examples .