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The aim of this paper is to discuss some issues of pivotal importance in topology optimization, which receive inadequate attention in the literature.
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Rozvany, G.I.N., Pomezanski, V., Querin, O.M., Gaspar, Z., Logo, J. (2006). Some Basic Issues of Topology Optimization. In: Bendsøe, M.P., Olhoff, N., Sigmund, O. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Topological Design Optimization of Structures, Machines and Materials. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 137. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4752-5_8
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