Structural topology optimization of tall buildings for dynamic seismic excitation using modal decomposition

A Martin, GG Deierlein - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Structural topology optimization has been successfully investigated to improve the designs
of a variety of civil, mechanical and aerospace applications. While topology optimization for …

A critical analysis of using the dynamic compliance as objective function in topology optimization of one-material structures considering steady-state forced vibration …

OM Silva, MM Neves, A Lenzi - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2019 - Elsevier
Material based models for topology optimization in harmonic vibration problems present
some inconveniences, especially when the goal is to obtain low vibration monolithic …

Concurrent multi-scale and multi-material topological optimization of vibro-acoustic structures

X Liang, J Du - Computer methods in applied mechanics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Most of the presented works in the field of vibro-acoustic topology optimization are focused
on single-scale design of the structure or material so far, which cannot exert the potential of …

Towards solving large-scale topology optimization problems with buckling constraints at the cost of linear analyses

F Ferrari, O Sigmund - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This work presents a multilevel approach to large-scale topology optimization accounting for
linearized buckling criteria. The method relies on the use of preconditioned iterative solvers …

Q-Factor Optimization of Modes in Ordered and Disordered Photonic Systems Using Non-Hermitian Perturbation Theory

N Granchi, F Intonti, M Florescu, PD García… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The quality factor, Q, of photonic resonators permeates most figures of merit in applications
that rely on cavity-enhanced light–matter interaction such as all-optical information …

Topology optimization of finite strain viscoplastic systems under transient loads

N Ivarsson, M Wallin, D Tortorelli - International Journal for …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A transient finite strain viscoplastic model is implemented in a gradient‐based topology
optimization framework to design impact mitigating structures. The model's kinematics relies …

Imposing minimum length scale in moving morphable component (MMC)-based topology optimization using an effective connection status (ECS) control method

R Wang, X Zhang, B Zhu - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Topology optimization has been widely used in numerous multidisciplinary optimization
problems, but reliable industrial manufacturing for optimal results is still severely hampered …

Eigenvalue topology optimization via efficient multilevel solution of the frequency response

F Ferrari, BS Lazarov, O Sigmund - International Journal for …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The article presents an efficient solution method for structural topology optimization aimed at
maximizing the fundamental frequency of vibration. Nowadays, this is still a challenging …

High-resolution topology optimization with stress and natural frequency constraints

MK Leader, TW Chin, GJ Kennedy - AIAA Journal, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
Topology optimization tools offer the potential to design novel aerospace structures that are
subject to demanding strength and natural frequency requirements. However, algorithms for …

Discrete variable topology optimization for maximizing single/multiple natural frequencies and frequency gaps considering the topological constraint

Z Deng, Y Liang, G Cheng - International Journal for Numerical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Finding optimized structural topology design for maximizing natural frequencies and
frequency gaps of continuum structures is crucial for engineering applications. However, two …