Topology optimisation in structural steel design for additive manufacturing

TP Ribeiro, LFA Bernardo, JMA Andrade - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Topology Optimisation is a broad concept deemed to encapsulate different processes for
computationally determining structural materials optimal layouts. Among such techniques …

Multi-material topology optimization with multiple volume constraints: a general approach applied to ground structures with material nonlinearity

XS Zhang, GH Paulino, AS Ramos - Structural and Multidisciplinary …, 2018 - Springer
Multi-material topology optimization is a practical tool that allows for improved structural
designs. However, most studies are presented in the context of continuum topology …

Optimization of structural patterns for tall buildings: The case of diagrid

V Tomei, M Imbimbo, E Mele - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Diagrid structures have recently emerged as a new solution for tall buildings which merges
inherent structural efficiency, decorative qualities and morphological versatility. In this paper …

Shape optimization of braced frames for tall timber buildings: Influence of semi-rigid connections on design and optimization process

K Mam, C Douthe, R Le Roy, F Consigny - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
With the recent development of timber as a viable structural material for high-rise structures,
glulam braced frames have been recently introduced in lateral load-resisting systems of …

Stress-weighted centroidal Voronoi tessellation for structural design

N Yadav, JH Kang, ZK Rybkowski, MT Yarnold… - Finite Elements in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The design of efficient structural members is a well-established field with a wide range of
methods and techniques available to optimize the structural form. As a result, there are many …

Parametric structural topology optimization of high-rise buildings considering wind and gravity loads

A Goli, M Alaghmandan… - Journal of Architectural …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Topology optimization has recently been investigated as a technique for the conceptual
design of efficient structures during the early stage of the design of buildings to tackle the …

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 …

A fully automatic computational framework for beam structure design from continuum structural topology optimization

C Ma, N Qiu, X Xu - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2023 - Springer
This paper proposes a new fully automatic computational framework from continuum
structural topology optimization to beam structure design. Firstly, the continuum structural …

Stochastic sampling for deterministic structural topology optimization with many load cases: Density-based and ground structure approaches

XS Zhang, E de Sturler, GH Paulino - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2017 - Elsevier
We propose an efficient probabilistic method to solve a fully deterministic problem—we
present a randomized optimization approach that drastically reduces the enormous …

Linear and nonlinear topology optimization design with projection‐based ground structure method (P‐GSM)

H Deng, AC To - … Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A new topology optimization scheme called the projection‐based ground structure method
(P‐GSM) is proposed for linear and nonlinear topology optimization designs. For linear …