A Novel Topology Optimization Methodology Based on Energy Minimization Via α-β Swap Move

To facilitate the creation of new holes and to prevent simultaneously a checkerboard pattern in a topology optimization (TO) procedure, a novel TO methodology based on energy minimization via α-β swap is proposed. An energy function, measuring simultaneously the accuracy and pi...

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Main Authors: Meng Xia, Shiyou Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9183939/
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spelling doaj-983e525b310449dcb5303ef21a9c709f2021-03-30T03:32:58ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-01816204116204810.1109/ACCESS.2020.30209099183939A Novel Topology Optimization Methodology Based on Energy Minimization Via α-β Swap MoveMeng Xia0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8293-3784Shiyou Yang1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8933-7034College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaCollege of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaTo facilitate the creation of new holes and to prevent simultaneously a checkerboard pattern in a topology optimization (TO) procedure, a novel TO methodology based on energy minimization via α-β swap is proposed. An energy function, measuring simultaneously the accuracy and piecewise smoothness of a new topology, is proposed and employed to determine the optimal way to update the current topology. Also, the proposed alpha-beta swap operations enable different materials to be exchanged with one another, and thus can create new holes naturally without including any additional mechanism. Moreover, the embedded smooth term in the energy function is capable of constraining the irregularity of the topology and thus hindering the checkboard pattern. Two case studies, an inductive power transfer system and a printed circuit board (PCB) are investigated to demonstrate the feasibility and advantage of the proposed methodology. The tools used for the two case studies include Matlab and Ansys. As demonstrated by the numerical results, the proposed methodology outperforms conventional methods in terms of both enhancing the performance parameter and constraining the checkerboard pattern.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9183939/Topology optimizationhole insertioncheckerboard patternalpha-beta swap move
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author Meng Xia
Shiyou Yang
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A Novel Topology Optimization Methodology Based on Energy Minimization Via α-β Swap Move
IEEE Access
Topology optimization
hole insertion
checkerboard pattern
alpha-beta swap move
author_facet Meng Xia
Shiyou Yang
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title A Novel Topology Optimization Methodology Based on Energy Minimization Via α-β Swap Move
title_short A Novel Topology Optimization Methodology Based on Energy Minimization Via α-β Swap Move
title_full A Novel Topology Optimization Methodology Based on Energy Minimization Via α-β Swap Move
title_fullStr A Novel Topology Optimization Methodology Based on Energy Minimization Via α-β Swap Move
title_full_unstemmed A Novel Topology Optimization Methodology Based on Energy Minimization Via α-β Swap Move
title_sort novel topology optimization methodology based on energy minimization via α-β swap move
publisher IEEE
series IEEE Access
issn 2169-3536
publishDate 2020-01-01
description To facilitate the creation of new holes and to prevent simultaneously a checkerboard pattern in a topology optimization (TO) procedure, a novel TO methodology based on energy minimization via α-β swap is proposed. An energy function, measuring simultaneously the accuracy and piecewise smoothness of a new topology, is proposed and employed to determine the optimal way to update the current topology. Also, the proposed alpha-beta swap operations enable different materials to be exchanged with one another, and thus can create new holes naturally without including any additional mechanism. Moreover, the embedded smooth term in the energy function is capable of constraining the irregularity of the topology and thus hindering the checkboard pattern. Two case studies, an inductive power transfer system and a printed circuit board (PCB) are investigated to demonstrate the feasibility and advantage of the proposed methodology. The tools used for the two case studies include Matlab and Ansys. As demonstrated by the numerical results, the proposed methodology outperforms conventional methods in terms of both enhancing the performance parameter and constraining the checkerboard pattern.
topic Topology optimization
hole insertion
checkerboard pattern
alpha-beta swap move
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9183939/
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