Evolutionary computation is emerging as a new engineering computational paradigm, which
may significantly change the present structural design practice. For this reason, an extensive …

This review presents developments in structural shape optimization post 2000 from
perspective of numerical analysis techniques. Traditional shape optimization with FEM has …

This paper is devoted to a state-of-the-art review on extended Isogeometric Analysis (XIGA)
for computational fracture mechanics. The basic knowledge and formulations of the recently …

Compliant mechanisms are elastic continua used to transmit or transform force and motion
mechanically. The topology optimization methods developed for compliant mechanisms also …

Numerical methods for shape design sensitivity analysis and optimization have been
developed for several decades. However, the finite-element-based shape design sensitivity …

The goal of this study is to obtain globally optimum shapes for two-dimensional structures
subject to quasi-static loads and restraints. For this purpose a technique is proposed, using …

The aim of this paper is to present and discuss the used of genetic algorithms and geometric
modeling by means of β-splines surface representation in order to solve tri-dimensional …

In order to study the behaviour of fluorapatite towards irradiation due to incorporated alpha-
emitters, single crystals of this mineral have been bombarded with 220 keV Pb ions …

A new structural optimisation algorithm based on fatigue life is introduced. The two key
decisions in implementing this algorithm are firstly what assumption about the stress state …

In the product development process, structural optimization plays vital role because it deals
with size, shape and topology of the structures. However, structural performance greatly …