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In this paper the topological derivative concept is applied in the context of compliance topology optimization of structures subject to design-dependent hydrostatic pressure loading under volume constraint. The topological derivative represents the first term of the asymptotic expansion of a given shape functional with respect to the small parameter which measures the size of singular domain perturbations, such as holes, inclusions, source-terms and cracks. In particular, the topological asymptotic expansion of the total potential energy associated with plane stress or plane strain linear elasticity, taking into account the nucleation of a circular inclusion with non-homogeneous transmission condition on its boundary, is rigorously developed. Physically, there is a hydrostatic pressure acting on the interface of the topological perturbation, allowing to naturally deal with loading-dependent structural topology optimization. The obtained result is used in a topology optimization algorithm based on the associated topological derivative together with a level-set domain representation method. Finally, some numerical examples are presented, showing the influence of the hydrostatic pressure on the topology of the structure.
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This research was partly supported by CNPq (Brazilian Research Council), CAPES (Brazilian Higher Education Staff Training Agency) and FAPERJ (Research Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro). These supports are gratefully acknowledged.
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Appendix: Topological Derivative Evaluation
Appendix: Topological Derivative Evaluation
In order to evaluate the difference between the functionals \(\mathcal {J}_{\chi }(u)\) and \(\mathcal {J}_{\chi _{\varepsilon }}(u_{\varepsilon })\), respectively defined in (2.7) and (2.18), we start by taking η = u ε −u as test function in the variational problem (2.8). Then we have the following equality
After replacing (A.1) into (2.7) we obtain
In the same way, let us set η = u ε −u as test function in the variational problem (2.19). Thus
After replacing (A.3) into (2.18), it follows
From (A.2) and (A.4), the variation of the energy shape functionals can be written as
Now, by taking into account the definition for the contrast γ ε given by (2.17), we have
Let us add and subtract the term
Thus, the following expression is obtained after canceling the identical terms
Note that the variation of the energy shape functional results in an integral concentrated into the inclusion B ε . Therefore, in order to apply the definition for the topological derivative given by (2.2), we need to know the asymptotic behavior of the function u ε with respect the small parameter ε. Thus, let us introduce the following ansätz:
where u is solution of the unperturbed problem (2.7), w ε is solution to an auxiliary exterior problem and \(\tilde {u}_{\varepsilon }\) is the remainder.
After applying the operator σ ε in the ansätz (A.9) we have
By expanding σ(u) in Taylor’s series around the point \(\hat {x}\) we obtain
where ξ is an intermediate point between x and \(\hat {x}\). On the boundary of the inclusion B ε we have
After evaluating (A.12) we obtain
Then, let us evaluate (A.11) on ∂ B ε to have
since \((x - \hat {x}) = -\varepsilon n\) on ∂ B ε . By choosing σ ε (w ε ) such as
the following auxiliary boundary value problem is considered and formally obtained when \(\varepsilon \rightarrow 0\): Find σ ε (w ε ) such that:
with \(\hat {u} = ((\gamma - 1) \sigma (u)(\hat {x}) - \kappa p \mathrm {I})n\). The boundary value problem (A.16) admits an explicit solution. For p = 0, its solution can be found in (Novotny and Sokołowski 2013, Ch. 5, pp. 156), for instance. Since the stress σ ε (w ε ) is uniform inside the inclusion, the solution of (A.16) for p ≠ 0 can be written in a following compact form
where \(\mathbb {T}_{\gamma }\) is a fourth order isotropic tensor given by
and T γ is a second order isotropic tensor written as
The result shown in (A.17) fits the famous Eshelby’s problem. This problem, formulated by Eshelby (1957) and Eshelby (1959), represents one of the major advances in the continuum mechanics theory of the 20th century (Kachanov et al. 2003).
Now we can construct \(\sigma _{\varepsilon }(\tilde {u}_{\varepsilon })\) in such a way that it compensates for the discrepancies introduced by the higher-order terms in ε as well as by the boundary-layer w ε on the exterior boundary \(\partial \mathcal {D}\). It means that the remainder \(\tilde {u}_{\varepsilon }\) must be solution to the following boundary value problem: Find \( \tilde {u}_{\varepsilon }\) such that:
with h = (1−γ)(∇σ(u(ξ))n)n. The estimate \(\|\tilde {u}_{\varepsilon }\|_{H^{1}(\mathcal {D})} = O(\varepsilon ^{2})\) for the remainder \(\tilde {u}_{\varepsilon }\) holds true. See, for instance, the book by Novotny and Sokołowski (2013, Ch. 5, pp 155).
From the above results, we can evaluate the integrals in (A.8) explicitly. In fact, after replacing the ansätz for u ε given by (A.9) in the first integral of (A.8) we have
The remainder \(\mathcal {E}_{1}(\varepsilon )\) is given by
where we have used the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality together with the estimation for the remainder \(\tilde {u}_{\varepsilon }\). The term (a) in (A.21) can be developed in power of ε as follows
with the remainder \(\mathcal {E}_{2}(\varepsilon )\) defined as
where we have introduced the notation
Note that, we have used again the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and the interior elliptic regularity of function u. Since the exact solution of the auxiliary problem (A.16) is known, the term (b) in (A.21) can be written as
The remainder \(\mathcal {E}_{3}(\varepsilon )\) is given by
where we have used again the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and the interior elliptic regularity of function u.
The second term in (A.8) can be developed as follows
where the remainder \(\mathcal {E}_{4}(\varepsilon )\) is defined as
Once again, we have used the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality together with the interior elliptic regularity of function u.
After replacing the ansätz for u ε given by (A.9) into the last term of (A.8) we have
where the remainder \(\mathcal {E}_{5}(\varepsilon )\) has the following bound thanks to the estimate for \(\tilde {u}_{\varepsilon }\)
By using the constitutive relation and after algebraic manipulations, we have
where trσ ε (w ε ), evaluated inside the inclusion, is given by
From the above results, the variation of the energy shape functionals, given by (A.8), can be developed in power of ε as follows
where the remainders \(\mathcal {E}_{i}(\varepsilon ) = o(\varepsilon ^{2})\), for i = 1,...,5, as previously shown. By defining the function f(ε) = π ε 2 and after applying the topological derivative concept in (A.34), we obtain
where \(\mathbb {P}_{\gamma }\) is a fourth order isotropic tensor given by Ammari and Kang (2007)
with the coefficients α and β defined as
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Xavier, M., Novotny, A.A. Topological derivative-based topology optimization of structures subject to design-dependent hydrostatic pressure loading. Struct Multidisc Optim 56, 47–57 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-016-1646-4
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