Title of article :
SOLVING MULTI CONSTRAINTS STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM WITH REFORMULATION OF LEVEL SET METHOD
Author/Authors :
Manafi, I Department of Civil Engineering - Graduate University of Technology, Kerman , Shojaee, S Department of Civil Engineering - Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman
Abstract :
Due to the favorable performance of structural topology optimization to create a proper
understanding in the early stages of design, this issue is taken into consideration from the
standpoint of research or industrial application in recent decades. Over the last three decades,
several methods have been proposed for topology optimization. One of the methods that has
been effectively used in structural topology optimization is level set method. Since in the level
set method, the boundary of design domain is displayed implicitly, this method can easily
modify the shape and topology of structure. Topological design with multiple constraints is of
great importance in practical engineering design problems. Most recent topology optimization
methods have used only the volume constraint; so in this paper, in addition to current volume
constraint, the level set method combines with other constraints such as displacement and
frequency. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed level set approach, several
examples are presented.
Keywords :
topology optimization , level set method , multiple constraints , displacement constraint , frequency constraint
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics