Shape optimization and sensitivity of compliant beams for prescribed load-displacement response

Radaelli, Giuseppe; Herder, Just L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-7-219-2016

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Shape optimization and sensitivity of compliant beams for prescribed load-displacement response

Giuseppe Radaelli and Just L. Herder

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