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CO-SIMP: extended SIMP algorithm with direct COrner COntact COntrol

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Methods for suppressing corner contacts between solid elements in topology optimization are briefly reviewed and then a modified SIMP algorithm based on direct corner contact penalization is presented.

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  1. Computational Structural Mechanics Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Müegyetem rkp. 3, Kmf. 35, 1521, Budapest, Hungary

    V. Pomezanski & G.I.N. Rozvany

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

    O.M. Querin

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Pomezanski, V., Querin, O. & Rozvany, G. CO-SIMP: extended SIMP algorithm with direct COrner COntact COntrol. Struct Multidisc Optim 30, 164–168 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-005-0514-4

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