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The layout optimization problem in three- dimensional elasticity is solved with a meshless, wavelet-based solution scheme. A fictitious domain approach is used to embed the design domain into a simple regular domain. The material distribution and displacement field are discretized over the fictitious domain using fixed-scale, shift-invariant wavelet expansions. A discrete form of the elasticity problem is solved using a wavelet-Galerkin technique during each iteration of the layout optimization sequence. Approximate solutions are found with an efficient preconditioned conjugate gradient (PCG) solver using non-diagonal preconditioners which lead to convergence rates that are insensitive to the level of resolution. The convergence and memory management properties of the PCG algorithm make the analysis of large-scale problems possible. Several wavelet-based layout optimization examples are included.
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DeRose Jr., G., Díaz, A. Solving three-dimensional layout optimization problems using fixed scale wavelets. Computational Mechanics 25, 274–285 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004660050476
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