Topology Optimization in Structural and Continuum Mechanics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rozvany, George I. N. (Editor), Lewiński, Tomasz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, 549
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mathematical optimization.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Structural mechanics.; Engineering design.; Structural Mechanics.; Engineering Design.; Optimization.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

The book covers new developments in structural topology optimization. Basic features and limitations of Michell’s truss theory, its extension to a broader class of support conditions, generalizations of truss topology optimization, and Michell continua are reviewed. For elastic bodies, the layout pr...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Structural topology optimization
• On basic properties of Michell's structures
• Validation of numerical method by analytical benchmarks and verification of exact solutions by numerical methods.