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Topological Derivative-Based Optimization of Micro-Structures Considering Different Multi-Scale Models

E.A. de Souza Neto¹, S. Amstutz², S.M. Giusti³, A.A. Novotny³

1 Civil and Computational Engineering Centre, School of Engineering, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA28PP, UK. E.deSouzaNeto@swansea.ac.uk
2 Laboratoire d’analyse non-linéaire et géométrie, Faculté des sciences 33, rue Louis Pasteur 84000 Avignon, France. samuel.amstutz@univ-avignon.fr
3 Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica LNCC/MCT, Coordenação de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional, Av. Getúlio Vargas 333, 25651-075, Petrópolis - RJ, Brasil. {giusti, novotny}@lncc.br