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A robust and versatile algorithm for shape optimization with adaptive finite element procedures is developed for the design of axisymmetric structures. The algorithm is based on the use of boundary parameterization with cubic splines for describing shape changes and takes advantage of the utilities available in an advancing front type mesh generator. Six-noded triangular elements are adopted. Shape optimization examples involving solid axisymmetric structures are presented to illustrate the various features of the integrated approach.
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Özakça, M., Hinton, E. & Rao, N.V.R. Shape optimization of axisymmetric structures with adaptive finite element procedures. Structural Optimization 5, 256–264 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01743588
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