Journal
STRUCTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION
Volume 34, Issue 4, Pages 333-345Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-006-0082-2
Keywords
topology optimization; multiobjective optimization; target matching; morphological representation; compliant mechanism
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This paper describes the multiobjective topology optimization of continuum structures solved as a discrete optimization problem using a multiobjective genetic algorithm (GA) with proficient constraint handling. Crucial to the effectiveness of the methodology is the use of a morphological geometry representation that defines valid structural geometries that are inherently free from checkerboard patterns, disconnected segments, or poor connectivity. A graph-theoretic chromosome encoding, together with compatible reproduction operators, helps facilitate the transmission of topological/shape characteristics across generations in the evolutionary process. A multicriterion target-matching problem developed here is a novel test problem, where a predefined target geometry is the known optimum solution, and the good results obtained in solving this problem provide a convincing demonstration and a quantitative measure of how close to the true optimum the solutions achieved by GA methods can be. The methodology is then used to successfully design a path-generating compliant mechanism by solving a multicriterion structural topology optimization problem.
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