DESIGN OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR COMPLIANT MECHANISMS AND MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURE

Authors
KIKUCHI N NISHIWAKI S FONSECA JSO SILVA ECN
Citation
N. Kikuchi et al., DESIGN OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR COMPLIANT MECHANISMS AND MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURE, Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering, 151(3-4), 1998, pp. 401-417
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications",Mechanics,"Engineering, Mechanical","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal title
Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
00457825
Volume
151
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
401 - 417
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-7825(1998)151:3-4<401:DOMFCM>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A design methodology based on the global-local modeling method is desc ribed along: with its application to the design of the optimum layout of compliant mechanisms and the microstructure of composite materials.