A variational growth approach to topology optimization

authored by
P. Junker, D.R. Jantos, K. Hackl
Abstract

In this contribution we present an overview of our work on a novel approach to topology optimization based on growth processes [1, 2, 3]. A compliance parameter to describe the spatial distribution of mass is introduced. It serves as an internal variable for which an associated evolution equation is derived using Hamilton’s principle. The well-known problem of checkerboarding is faced with energy regularization techniques. Numerical examples are given for demonstration purposes.

Organisation(s)
Institute of Continuum Mechanics
Type
Conference contribution
Pages
235-246
No. of pages
12
Publication date
2017
Publication status
Published
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Computational Theory and Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Science
 

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