Investigation of transport-reaction dynamics and local/global entropy production in topology optimization of two-species reaction-diffusion systems

M Alizadeh, P Charoen-amornkitt, T Suzuki… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a growing body of research on the enhancement of porous reactors through the
modification of their structures. So far, however, there has been little elucidation on how …

Topology optimization of turbulent fluid flow via the TOBS method and a geometry trimming procedure

R Picelli, E Moscatelli, PVM Yamabe… - Structural and …, 2022 - Springer
One of the current challenges for topology optimization methods is the consideration of high
Reynolds fluid flow analysis, especially including turbulence models. The issues in current …

Applications of level set method in computational fluid dynamics: A review

H Ning, S Qian, T Zhou - International Journal of …, 2023 - inderscienceonline.com
Tracking of free interfaces in two-phase and multi-phase fluids is a critical step in
computational fluid dynamics. Among the many methods, because of no need for …

A numerical simulation of evolution processes and entropy generation for optimal architecture of an electrochemical reaction-diffusion system: comparison of two …

M Alizadeh, P Charoen-amornkitt… - Journal of The …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Employment of electrochemical energy devices is being expanded as the world is shifting
toward more sustainable power resources. To meet the required cost efficiency standards for …

Topology optimization of anisotropic structure for arbitrary objective functionals with exact free boundary representation

Y Cui, W Yang, T Takahashi, T Matsumoto - Computers & Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
A new approach to performing sensitivity analysis of arbitrary objective functionals for
anisotropic elasticity is proposed in this work. Three different objective functionals have …

Multi-objective topology optimization of heat transfer surface using level-set method and adaptive mesh refinement in OpenFOAM

D Chen, P Kumar, Y Kametani, Y Hasegawa - International Journal of Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study proposes a new efficient and robust algorithm for multi-objectives
topology optimization of heat transfer surfaces to achieve heat transfer enhancement with a …

A design optimization method for rarefied and continuum gas flows

R Yuan, L Wu - Journal of Computational Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
A design optimization method applicable to both rarefied and continuum gas flows with good
efficiency is proposed in the framework of gas-kinetic theory. The method follows the …

[HTML][HTML] Exact treatment of volume constraint for RDE-based topology optimization of elastoplastic structures

Y Cui, W Yang, S Gu, T Matsumoto - Engineering Analysis with Boundary …, 2024 - Elsevier
For the reaction–diffusion equation (RDE) based topology optimization of elastoplastic
structure, exactness in volume constraint can be crucial. As a non-traditional numerical …

XFEM level set-based topology optimization for turbulent conjugate heat transfer problems

L Noël, K Maute - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2023 - Springer
Solving conjugate heat transfer design problems is relevant for various engineering
applications requiring efficient thermal management. Heat exchange between fluid and solid …

An exact volume constraint method for topology optimization via reaction–diffusion equation

Y Cui, T Takahashi, T Matsumoto - Computers & Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel approach is proposed to determine the exact Lagrangian multiplier Λ for the volume
constraint of topology optimization via the reaction–diffusion equation (RDE). Such Λ …