Non-probabilistic reliability-based topology optimization of geometrically nonlinear structures using convex models

Z Kang, Y Luo - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper describes a non-probabilistic reliability-based topology optimization method for
the design of continuum structures undergoing large deformations. The variation of the …

Structural topology optimization based on non-local Shepard interpolation of density field

Z Kang, Y Wang - Computer methods in applied mechanics and …, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents a non-local density interpolation strategy for topology optimization
based on nodal design variables. In this method, design variable points can be positioned at …

Topology optimization of geometrically nonlinear structures based on an additive hyperelasticity technique

Y Luo, MY Wang, Z Kang - Computer methods in applied mechanics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a simple but effective additive hyperelasticity technique to circumvent
numerical difficulties in solving the material density-based topology optimization of elastic …

Topology optimization of structures using meshless density variable approximants

Z Luo, N Zhang, Y Wang, W Gao - International Journal for …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes a new structural topology optimization method using a dual‐level point‐
wise density approximant and the meshless Galerkin weak‐forms, totally based on a set of …

Proportional topology optimisation with maximum entropy-based meshless method for minimum compliance and stress constrained problems

Z Ullah, B Ullah, W Khan - Engineering with Computers, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, proportional topology optimisation (PTO) with maximum entropy (maxent)-
based meshless method is presented for two-dimensional linear elastic structures for both …

Design of compliant mechanism-based variable camber morphing wing with nonlinear large deformation

Y Zhang, W Ge, Z Zhang, X Mo… - International Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The morphing wing with large deformation can benefit its flight performance a lot in different
conditions. In this study, a variable camber morphing wing with compliant leading and …

Simultaneous and meshfree topology optimization with physics-informed Gaussian processes

A Yousefpour, S Hosseinmardi, C Mora… - Computer Methods in …, 2025 - Elsevier
Topology optimization (TO) provides a principled mathematical approach for optimizing the
performance of a structure by designing its material spatial distribution in a pre-defined …

Topology optimization and 3D printing of large deformation compliant mechanisms for straining biological tissues

P Kumar, C Schmidleithner, NB Larsen… - Structural and …, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents a synthesis approach in a density-based topology optimization setting
to design large deformation compliant mechanisms for inducing desired strains in biological …

Stress-constrained topology optimization using the constrained natural element method

Y Chen, E Monteiro, I Koutiri, V Favier - Structural and Multidisciplinary …, 2024 - Springer
This paper presents a topology optimization framework to achieve volume minimization with
crossland fatigue constraints under proportional loading using the constrained natural …

Cellular topology optimization on differentiable Voronoi diagrams

F Feng, S **ong, Z Liu, Z **an, Y Zhou… - International Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular structures manifest their outstanding mechanical properties in many biological
systems. One key challenge for designing and optimizing these geometrically complicated …