Journal
ENGINEERING OPTIMIZATION
Volume 55, Issue 8, Pages 1403-1421Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2022.2086539
Keywords
Layout optimization; topology optimization; truss structures; frequency constraints
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Controlling the frequency response of engineering components or structures is crucial in aerospace and automotive sectors. This paper presents a modified truss layout optimization procedure that incorporates semidefinite constraints to limit the minimum value of the first natural frequency, resulting in a more efficient design. An adaptive algorithm is proposed to solve this problem, successfully identifying modified structures with acceptable minimum first natural frequency response.
Controlling the frequency response of an engineering component or structure is important in the aerospace and automotive sectors and is a key consideration when seeking a new and more efficient design for a given component. In this contribution, the standard truss layout optimization procedure is modified to incorporate semidefinite constraints to limit the minimum value of the first natural frequency. Since this increases the computational expense and reduces the scale of the problem that can be solved, a bespoke algorithm incorporating an adaptive 'member adding' procedure is proposed and applied to a number of benchmark example problems. It is demonstrated that this allows problems to be solved with relatively fine numerical discretization, allowing modified structures with an acceptable minimum first natural frequency response to be successfully identified.
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