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- Title
Note on spatial gradient operators and gradient-based minimum length constraints in SIMP topology optimization.
- Authors
Yang, Kaike; Fernandez, Eduardo; Niu, Cao; Duysinx, Pierre; Zhu, Jihong; Zhang, Weihong
- Abstract
Spatial gradient information of density field in SIMP (solid isotropic material with penalization) topology optimization is very useful for imposing overhang angle and minimum length (size) manufacturing constraints or achieving shell-infill optimization. However, the computation of density gradient is an approximation since the design space is discretized. There are several operators for this purpose, which arise from the image processing field. This note compares different gradient operators in the context of SIMP topology optimization method and suggests a new computation strategy to improve the accuracy of gradient estimation. We take a case study of spatial gradient-based minimum size constraints. New structural indicator functions are proposed to improve the general applicability of previous gradient-based minimum length constraints. This study is carried out in 2D structure examples to validate the methodology.
- Subjects
TOPOLOGY; IMAGE processing; MATHEMATICAL optimization; CONSTRAINTS (Physics); DESIGN
- Publication
Structural & Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2019, Vol 60, Issue 1, p393
- ISSN
1615-147X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00158-019-02269-9