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Design of auxetic microstructures using topology optimization
N.T. Kaminakis1, G.E. Stavroulakis1
1 Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece.
Email: nkaminakis@gmail.com; gestavroulakis@ isc.tuc.gr
Structural Longevity 2012, 8(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.3970/sl.2012.008.001
Abstract
Microstructures can lead to homogeneous materials with negative Poisson’s ratio, the so-called auxetics. An automatic way to create such microstructures
is provided by topology optimization for compliant mechanisms. Nonconvexity is
addressed by a suitable hybrid algorithm, based on differential evolution. This
technique is demonstrated in the present paper with numerical examples.
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Kaminakis, N., Stavroulakis, G. (2012). Design of auxetic microstructures using topology optimization.
Structural Longevity, 8(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3970/sl.2012.008.001