Abstract
Design variable and displacement fields are distinct. Thus, their respective material and finite element meshes may also be distinct, as well as their actual location of nodes for the two fields. The proposed Q4/Q4M element possesses design variable nodes and displacement nodes which are not coincident. The element has been implemented using different approaches, including continuous approximation of material distribution and nodal approaches. The results obtained demonstrate that the element is effective in generating structural topologies with high resolution. From a numerical point of view, mesh independent solutions can be obtained by means of projection.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 255-264 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Displacement mesh
- Material mesh
- Node-based design variables
- Q4/Q4
- Q4/Q4M
- Q4/U
- Topology optimization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Control and Optimization
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Computer Science Applications
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design