Journal
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 13, Issue 23, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app132312916
Keywords
topology optimization; stress constraints; Python; ABAQUS; educational
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This article proposes a new open methodology for solving geometrically complex topology optimization problems, which has been validated with commercial software. It overcomes the limitation of difficult application and facilitates the use in academic and industrial fields.
Topology optimization has evidenced its capacity to provide new optimal designs in many different disciplines. However, most novel methods are difficult to apply in commercial software, limiting their use in the academic field and hindering their application in the industry. This article presents a new open methodology for solving geometrically complex non-self-adjoint topology optimization problems, including stress-constrained and stress minimization formulations, using validated FEM commercial software. The methodology was validated by comparing the sensitivity analysis with the results obtained through finite differences and solving two benchmark problems with the following optimizers: Optimality Criteria, Method of Moving Asymptotes, Sequential Least-Squares Quadratic Programming (SLSQP), and Trust-constr optimization algorithms. The SLSQP and Trust-constr optimization algorithms obtained better results in stress-minimization problem statements than the methodology available in ABAQUS (R). A Python implementation of this methodology is proposed, working in conjunction with the commercial software ABAQUS (R) 2023 to allow a straightforward application to new problems while benefiting from a graphic user interface and validated finite element solver.
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