Design of an Automatic Topology/Geometry Optimization Software

  • S. Beuzit
  • A. Habbal
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Abstract

Within the structural optimization framework, the so-called topology methods are well-suited in order to find the best general layout. Their main disadvantage is that they generally lead to structures which are difficult to manufacture because they own composite materials, sometimes with intermediate densities. On the other hand, when the layout is fixed, the geometry optimization methods can lead to a good-looking optimum, but cannot change the layout.

The presented approach consists in a coupling between these two methods. First, the optimal layout is found by means of any generic topology optimization method; then, using simple image processing algorithms, a good-looking structure is extracted from the topology result, and then the geometry of the latter is optimized. Some numerical results are presented which clearly illustrate the fully automatic process.

Keywords

Topology Optimization Topology Design Topology Optimization Method Perimeter Method Simple Image Processing 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • S. Beuzit
    • 1
  • A. Habbal
    • 1
  1. 1.Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné - UMR CNRS 6621Université de Nice - Sophia-AntipolisNice Cedex 2France

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