Suppressing Gray-Scale Elements in Topology Optimization of Continua Using Modified Optimality Criterion Methods
Yixian Du1,2, De Chen1,3
College of Mechanical & Material Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China
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Hubei Key Laboratory of Hydroelectric Machinery Design & Maintenance, Yichang, 443002, China
This study proposes a new topology optimization method for continuum structures, which includes modified heuristic optimality criteria in conjunction with the SIMP scheme to suppress gray-scale elements occurred in topology optimization of continua through smoothed Heaviside function. In the process of numerical implementation, the gray scale elements are suppressed to approach the binary bounds of 0 or 1 by utilizing the proposed approach and the corresponding convergence criterion. Two typical numerical examples are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in suppressing the gray-scale elements with intermediate densities, as well as the efficiency of this method in the numerical procedure.
Du, Y., Chen, D. (2012). Suppressing Gray-Scale Elements in Topology Optimization of Continua Using Modified Optimality Criterion Methods. CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 86(1), 53–70.
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