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STRUCTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION
Volume 64, Issue 5, Pages 3123-3146Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-021-03062-3
Keywords
Topology optimization; Stiffened panel; Stress; Buckling
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Fellowship for Growth [EP/M002322/2]
- EPSRC [EP/M002322/2] Funding Source: UKRI
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This paper investigates the weight minimization of stiffened panels while simultaneously optimizing sizing, layout, and topology under stress and buckling constraints. An effective topology optimization parameterization is used, along with an improved free-form mesh deformation approach. The internal topologies of the stiffeners are also optimized, and a semi-analytical sensitivity analysis is performed to solve the optimization problem.
This paper investigates the weight minimization of stiffened panels simultaneously optimizing sizing, layout, and topology under stress and buckling constraints. An effective topology optimization parameterization is presented using multiple level-set functions. Plate elements are employed to model the stiffened panels. The stiffeners are parametrized by implicit level-set functions. The internal topologies of the stiffeners are optimized as well as their layout. A free-form mesh deformation approach is improved to adjust the finite element mesh. Sizing optimization is also included. The thicknesses of the skin and stiffeners are optimized. Bending, shear, and membrane stresses are evaluated at the bottom, middle, and top surfaces of the elements. A p-norm function is used to aggregate these stresses in a single constraint. To solve the optimization problem, a semi-analytical sensitivity analysis is performed, and the optimization algorithm is outlined. Numerical investigations demonstrate and validate the proposed method.
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