[HTML][HTML] Design of compliant mechanisms using continuum topology optimization: A review

B Zhu, X Zhang, H Zhang, J Liang, H Zang, H Li… - … and Machine Theory, 2020 - Elsevier
Compliant mechanisms have become an important branch of modern mechanisms. Unlike
conventional rigid body mechanisms, compliant mechanisms transform the displacement …

Level-set methods for structural topology optimization: a review

NP Van Dijk, K Maute, M Langelaar… - Structural and …, 2013 - Springer
This review paper provides an overview of different level-set methods for structural topology
optimization. Level-set methods can be categorized with respect to the level-set-function …

Evidence theory-based reliability optimization for cross-scale topological structures with global stress, local displacement, and micro-manufacturing constraints

L Wang, X Zhao, Z Wu, W Chen - Structural and Multidisciplinary …, 2022 - Springer
An uncertainty-oriented cross-scale topology optimization model with global stress reliability
constraint, local displacement constraint, and micro-manufacturing control based on …

Self-supporting structure design in additive manufacturing through explicit topology optimization

X Guo, J Zhou, W Zhang, Z Du, C Liu, Y Liu - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the challenging issues in additive manufacturing (AM) oriented topology optimization
is how to design structures that are self-supportive in a manufacture process without …

Minimum length scale in topology optimization by geometric constraints

M Zhou, BS Lazarov, F Wang, O Sigmund - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2015 - Elsevier
A density-based topology optimization approach is proposed to design structures with strict
minimum length scale. The idea is based on using a filtering-threshold topology optimization …

A topology optimization method based on the level set method incorporating a fictitious interface energy

T Yamada, K Izui, S Nishiwaki, A Takezawa - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a new topology optimization method, which can adjust the geometrical
complexity of optimal configurations, using the level set method and incorporating a fictitious …

A geometry projection method for continuum-based topology optimization with discrete elements

JA Norato, BK Bell, DA Tortorelli - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2015 - Elsevier
This article describes a method for the continuum-based topology optimization of structures
made of discrete elements. In particular, we examine the optimization of linearly elastic …