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Parametric structural optimization with dynamic knot RBFs and partition of unity method

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An efficient algorithm is presented for solving optimization problem of geometrical domains in which elliptic boundary value problems are defined. The surface of the domain is implicitly described through a level set function and the moving boundary is determined by the time-dependent dynamic knots of the radial basis functions (RBFs). A method of Partition of Unity (POU) is leveraged to calculate the solution, which divides the domain into some smaller overlapping local sub-domains and reconstructs them into the global surface with less numerical cost. Apart from the convergence properties, numerical results are given and discussed.

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This research work is supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong SAR (Project No. CUHK417309).

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Hon Shan Ho

  2. Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong

    Michael Yu Wang & Mingdong Zhou

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Ho, H.S., Wang, M.Y. & Zhou, M. Parametric structural optimization with dynamic knot RBFs and partition of unity method. Struct Multidisc Optim 47, 353–365 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-012-0848-7

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