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In this paper, the element free Galerkin method (EFG) is applied to carry out the topology optimization of continuum structures with displacement constraints. In the EFG method, the matrices in the discretized system equations are assembled based on the quadrature points. In the sense, the relative density at Gauss quadrature point is employed as design variable. Considering the minimization of weight as an objective function, the mathematical formulation of the topology optimization subjected to displacement constraints is developed using the solid isotropic microstructures with penalization interpolation scheme. Moreover, the approximate explicit function expression between topological variables and displacement constraints are derived. Sensitivity of the objective function is derived based on the adjoint method. Three numerical examples are used to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.
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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11202075, No. 11372106), Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 20120161120006).
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Yang, X., Zheng, J. & Long, S. Topology optimization of continuum structures with displacement constraints based on meshless method. Int J Mech Mater Des 13, 311–320 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10999-016-9337-2
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