A comprehensive review of educational articles on structural and multidisciplinary optimization

C Wang, Z Zhao, M Zhou, O Sigmund… - Structural and …, 2021 - Springer
Ever since the publication of the 99-line topology optimization MATLAB code (top99) by
Sigmund in 2001, educational articles have emerged as a popular category of contributions …

Mechanical metamaterial systems as transformation mechanisms

SE Rodríguez, EP Calius, A Khatibi, A Orifici… - Extreme Mechanics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Research in mechanical metamaterials has achieved extreme, unprecedented properties by
exploiting inhomogeneity in the form of periodic structures, enabled by advances in digital …

[PDF][PDF] Open-Source Codes of Topology Optimization: A Summary for Beginners to Start Their Research.

Y Wang, X Li, K Long, P Wei - CMES-Computer Modeling in …, 2023 - cdn.techscience.cn
Topology optimization (TO), a numerical technique to find the optimal material layout with a
given design domain, has attracted interest from researchers in the field of structural …

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 …

Adaptive multi-material topology optimization with hyperelastic materials under large deformations: A virtual element approach

XS Zhang, H Chi, GH Paulino - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2020 - Elsevier
We introduce a general multi-material topology optimization framework for large deformation
problems that effectively handles an arbitrary number of candidate hyperelastic materials …

Multiscale topology optimization of 3D structures: A micro-architectured materials database assisted strategy

T Djourachkovitch, N Blal, N Hamila, A Gravouil - Computers & Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This article presents a datadriven multiscale optimization method for solving 3D problems
under given boundary conditions. The topology is represented by an extended level-set …

Topology optimization of hyperelastic structures with anisotropic fiber reinforcement under large deformations

XS Zhang, H Chi, Z Zhao - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fiber-reinforced soft materials have emerged as promising candidates in various
applications such as soft robotics and soft fibrous tissues. To enable a systematic approach …

Design of graded porous bone-like structures via a multi-material topology optimization approach

Z Zhao, XS Zhang - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2021 - Springer
Graded porous structures combine robustness of porous structures and high stiffness of bulk
designs. This study aims to design optimized graded porous bone-like structures through a …

Structural topology optimization involving bi-modulus materials with asymmetric properties in tension and compression

Z Du, W Zhang, Y Zhang, R Xue, X Guo - Computational Mechanics, 2019 - Springer
Many materials show asymmetric performance under tension and compression and their
mechanical property can be well simulated by a so-called bi-modulus type constitutive …

Topology optimization applications on engineering structures

A Kentli - Truss and Frames-Recent Advances and New …, 2020 - books.google.com
Over the years, several optimization techniques were widely used to find the optimum shape
and size of engineering structures (trusses, frames, etc.) under different constraints (stress …