Topology optimization of multi-scale structures: a review

J Wu, O Sigmund, JP Groen - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2021‏ - Springer
Multi-scale structures, as found in nature (eg, bone and bamboo), hold the promise of
achieving superior performance while being intrinsically lightweight, robust, and multi …

[HTML][HTML] Review on design and structural optimisation in additive manufacturing: Towards next-generation lightweight structures

J Plocher, A Panesar - Materials & Design, 2019‏ - Elsevier
As the application of additive manufacturing (AM) reaches an unprecedented scale in both
academia and industry, a reflection upon the state-of-the-art developments in the design for …

Current and future trends in topology optimization for additive manufacturing

J Liu, AT Gaynor, S Chen, Z Kang, K Suresh… - Structural and …, 2018‏ - Springer
Manufacturing-oriented topology optimization has been extensively studied the past two
decades, in particular for the conventional manufacturing methods, for example, machining …

Topology optimization in aircraft and aerospace structures design

JH Zhu, WH Zhang, L **a - Archives of computational methods in …, 2016‏ - Springer
Topology optimization has become an effective tool for least-weight and performance
design, especially in aeronautics and aerospace engineering. The purpose of this paper is …

Functionally graded lattice structure topology optimization for the design of additive manufactured components with stress constraints

L Cheng, J Bai, AC To - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Advances in additive manufacturing (AM) have drawn considerable interest due to its ability
to produce geometrically complex structure, such as lattice materials. In this work, a novel …

A survey of structural and multidisciplinary continuum topology optimization: post 2000

JD Deaton, RV Grandhi - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2014‏ - Springer
Topology optimization is the process of determining the optimal layout of material and
connectivity inside a design domain. This paper surveys topology optimization of continuum …

Bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization on advanced structures and materials: a comprehensive review

L **a, Q **a, X Huang, YM **e - Archives of Computational Methods in …, 2018‏ - Springer
The evolutionary structural optimization (ESO) method developed by **e and Steven
(Comput Struct 49 (5): 885–896, 162), an important branch of topology optimization, has …

Rational designs of mechanical metamaterials: Formulations, architectures, tessellations and prospects

J Gao, X Cao, M **ao, Z Yang, X Zhou, Y Li… - Materials Science and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Mechanical Metamaterials (MMs) are artificially designed structures with
extraordinary properties that are dependent on micro architectures and spatial tessellations …

Investigation of concurrent multiscale topology optimization for designing lightweight macrostructure with high thermal conductivity

M Al Ali, M Shimoda - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Lightweight and high heat conductive solid structures are playing important role in various
fields of engineering. To maximize the design performance for such structures, we …

Non-parametric optimization for lightweight and high heat conductive structures under convection using metaheuristic structure binary-distribution method

M Al Ali, M Shimoda, B Benaissa… - Applied Thermal …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a novel Metaheuristic Structure Binary-Distribution (MSB) method
for attaining lightweight and high thermal conductive structure. MSB combines metaheuristic …