A survey of the design methods for additive manufacturing to improve functional performance

Y Tang, YF Zhao - Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the state-of–the-art design
methods for additive manufacturing (AM) technologies to improve functional performance …

A survey of manufacturing oriented topology optimization methods

J Liu, Y Ma - Advances in Engineering Software, 2016 - Elsevier
Topology optimization is developing rapidly in all kinds of directions; and increasingly more
extensions are oriented towards manufacturability of the optimized designs. Therefore, this …

Optimal topology for additive manufacture: A method for enabling additive manufacture of support-free optimal structures

M Leary, L Merli, F Torti, M Mazur, M Brandt - Materials & Design, 2014 - Elsevier
Topology optimisation enables profound insight into the optimal material distribution for a
given structural objective, applied loading and boundary conditions. The topologically …

Designing for additive manufacturing

B Vayre, F Vignat, F Villeneuve - Procedia CIrP, 2012 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing technologies can now be used to manufacture metallic parts. This
breakthrough in manufacturing technology makes possible the fabrication of new shapes …

Additive manufacturing: Toward holistic design

BH Jared, MA Aguilo, LL Beghini, BL Boyce, BW Clark… - Scripta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing offers unprecedented opportunities to design complex structures
optimized for performance envelopes inaccessible under conventional manufacturing …

[HTML][HTML] A realization method for transforming a topology optimization design into additive manufacturing structures

S Liu, Q Li, J Liu, W Chen, Y Zhang - Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Topology optimization is a powerful design approach that is used to determine the optimal
topology in order to obtain the desired functional performance. It has been widely used to …

A new overhang constraint for topology optimization of self-supporting structures in additive manufacturing

A Garaigordobil, R Ansola, J Santamaría… - Structural and …, 2018 - Springer
This work falls within the scope of computer-aided optimal design, and aims to integrate the
topology optimization procedures and recent additive manufacturing technologies (AM). The …

[HTML][HTML] Overhang constraint for topology optimization of self-supported compliant mechanisms considering additive manufacturing

A Garaigordobil, R Ansola, E Veguería… - Computer-Aided …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work presents a computational procedure for direct integration of Topology Optimization
and Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies for compliant mechanisms design. Many …

Topology optimization aided structural design: Interpretation, computational aspects and 3D printing

G Kazakis, I Kanellopoulos, S Sotiropoulos… - Heliyon, 2017 - cell.com
Construction industry has a major impact on the environment that we spend most of our life.
Therefore, it is important that the outcome of architectural intuition performs well and …

Generative design of space frames for additive manufacturing technology

M Watson, M Leary, D Downing, M Brandt - The International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
A generative design methodology is presented that solves for minimum volume and
compliance space-frame systems, with consideration of stress and buckling constraints. The …