Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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497956 | Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering | 2014 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
The present paper aims to present a new approach for controlling both maximum and minimum length scales of structural members in the Solid Isotropic Material with Penalization (SIMP)-based topology optimization framework. In the proposed approach, length scale control is achieved with help of structural skeleton, which is a key concept in mathematical morphology and a powerful tool for describing structural topologies. Numerical examples show that the proposed approach does have the capability to give a complete control of the length scales of an optimal structure in an explicit and local way.
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Authors
Weisheng Zhang, Wenliang Zhong, Xu Guo,