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Structural modelling and sensitivity analysis of shape optimization

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It is presented in this paper that the structural modelling of shape optimization is composed of, in general cases, four distinct processes on geometry, design, analysis and perturbation models. The relationships between these models are discussed. An integrated modelling approach based on geometric shape parameterization and automatic mesh generation is proposed. In cooperation with this modelling approach, the semi-analytic sensitivity analysis has been effectively employed. These techniques join shape optimization with FEM and CAD packages and apply it versatilely to optimum designs of general structures. The implementation and applications of the integrated modelling approach and semi-analytic sensitivity analysis to shape optimization of structures with coupling of stress and temperature fields are illustrated.

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  1. Research Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, 116024, Dalian, P.R., China

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Gu, Y., Cheng, G. Structural modelling and sensitivity analysis of shape optimization. Structural Optimization 6, 29–37 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01743172

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