基于动响应约束的结构材料优化设计

针对于随机荷载作用下动响应为约束的结构材料优化问题,基于结构拓扑优化思想,提出了一种变动响应约束的结构材料优化方法。采用分式有理式和幂函数识别结构材料单元特性参数,以微观单元拓扑变量倒数为设计变量,导出了频率及振型对微观单元设计变量的一阶导数,进而得到了随机荷载作用下结构均方响应的一阶近似展开式。结合变约束限的思想,建立了以结构质量作为目标函数,均方响应作为约束条件的连续体微结构拓扑优化近似模型,并采用对偶方法进行求解。对典型结构进行了考虑单个和多个动响应约束的结构材料优化设计,优化所得结果验证了该方法的有效性和可行性。     

区间参数平面连续体结构频率非概率可靠性拓扑优化

研究了具有区间参数的平面连续体结构在固有频率非概率基频约束和频率禁区约束下的拓扑优化设计问题。考虑结构弹性模量、质量密度和频率约束限具有区间不确定性,根据SIMP材料插值方法和区间变量运算法则,构建了基于频率非概率可靠性约束的弯曲薄板和平面应力薄板结构的拓扑优化数学模型表达式,并给出了进化优化准则。算例及其结果表明文中模型和方法的有效性。     

一种变频率约束限的结构拓扑优化方法

针对仅频率约束和重量最小的结构拓扑优化问题,基于ICM(独立、连续、映射)方法和渐进结构优化方法的思路,提出了一种变频率约束限的结构拓扑优化方法.在优化迭代循环的每一轮子循环迭代求解开始时,为了控制拓扑设计变量的变化量,依据结构频率和其约束限,形成和引进了新的频率约束限.另外,建立了单元删除阈值和几轮迭代循环的单元删除策略.为了确保优化迭代中结构非奇异和方法具有增添单元的功能,在结构孔洞和边界周围引入了一层人工材料单元.结合拉格朗日乘子法,形成了一种新的连续体结构的拓扑优化方法.给出的算例表明该方法没有目标函数的振荡现象,且验证了该方法的正确性和有效性.     

基于类桁架材料模型的不确定荷载下结构拓扑优化

用区间分析方法研究了不确定荷载下结构拓扑优化方法。采用类桁架材料模型建立拓扑优化类桁架连续体结构。根据区间变量运算法则推导出不确定荷载下应力约束体积最小类桁架结构的拓扑优化方法。首先采用区间分析方法得到任一点的最不利荷载工况下应变状态。在此应变状态下,利用满应力准则优化类桁架材料中杆件的方向和密度。如此反复分析和优化,直至迭代收敛。最后由类桁架中杆件分布场可以近似离散得到桁架结构。通过几个数值算例验证了方法的有效性。数值算例显示了不确定荷载下的结构拓扑优化布局更合理。     

考虑材料参数不确定性结构动力学稳健性拓扑优化设计

本文在考虑材料参数不确定性的条件下,对连续体结构动力学稳健性拓扑优化设计进行研究。在使结构的第一阶固有频率最大化的同时,显著减小其对材料性能不确定性的影响。基于非概率凸集模型,将材料参数的不确定性用有界区间变量表示;建立了能够抑制频率改变的结构动力学拓扑优化模型,用单层优化策略求解稳健性优化设计问题。通过对材料参数的导数分析,获得了在材料性能不确定情形下结构第一阶固有频率的二阶泰勒展开式,并推导出了频率对拓扑变量的一阶灵敏度显性表达式。基于变密度法,开展了结构动力学稳健性拓扑优化设计,并与确定性优化结果进行对比,验证了用本文方法获得的结构第一阶固有频率稳健性更高,受材料参数不确定性扰动影响更小,展示了考虑材料参数不确定性的重要性。     

考虑结构稳定性的变密度拓扑优化方法

将稳定性问题引入传统变密度法中,可实现包含稳定性约束的平面模型结构拓扑优化。以单元相对密度为设计变量,结构柔度最小为目标函数,结构体积和失稳载荷因子为约束条件建立优化问题数学模型,提出了一种考虑结构稳定性的变密度拓扑优化方法。通过分析结构柔度、体积、失稳载荷因子对设计变量的灵敏度,并基于拉格朗日乘子法和Kuhn-Tucker条件,推导了优化问题的迭代准则。同时,利用基于约束条件的泰勒展开式求解优化准则中的拉格朗日乘子。通过推导平面四节点四边形单元几何刚度矩阵的显式表达式,得到了优化准则中的几何应变能。最后,通过算例对提出的方法进行了验证,并与不考虑稳定性的传统变密度拓扑优化方法进行对比,结果表明该方法能显著提高拓扑优化结果的稳定性。研究结果对细长受压结构的优化设计有重要指导意义,对结构的稳定性设计有一定参考价值。     

屈曲与应力约束下连续体结构的拓扑优化

基于ICM(独立、连续、映射)方法建立了以结构重量最小为目标,以屈曲临界力、应力同时为约束的连续体拓扑优化模型:采用独立的连续拓扑变量,借助泰勒展式、过滤函数将目标函数作二阶近似展开;借助瑞利商、泰勒展式、过滤函数将屈曲约束化为近似显函数;将应力这种局部性约束采用全局化策略进行处理,即借助第四强度理论、过滤函数将应力局部性约束转化为应变能约束,大大减少了灵敏度分析的计算量;将优化模型转化为对偶规划,减少了设计变量的数目,并利用序列二次规划求解,缩小了模型的求解规模。数值算例表明:该方法可以有效地解决屈曲与应力约束共同作用的连续体拓扑优化问题,能够得到合理的拓扑结构,并有较高的计算效率。     

圆柱壳振动控制中约束阻尼拓扑优化研究

基于RAMP(Rational Approximation of Material Properties)插值模型密度法,以结构模态损耗因子倒数最小化为优化目标、阻尼结构体积为约束条件、约束阻尼单元相对密度为设计变量,建立约束阻尼结构拓扑优化模型。基于优化准则法推导设计变量更新准则,结合有限元法编写约束阻尼材料拓扑优化程序,对圆柱壳在振动控制中约束阻尼结构进行拓扑优化分析。结果表明,基于优化准则的振动拓扑优化方法所需迭代次数少,能有效减少结构的振动响应。从而验证设计方法的有效性。     

基于多分辨率-多边形单元建模策略的多材料结构动刚度拓扑优化方法

利用多边形有限单元的高精度求解优势,融合多分辨率拓扑优化方法,实现粗糙位移网格条件下的高分辨率构型设计,由此提出多材料结构动刚度问题的拓扑优化方法。将多边形单元(位移场求解单元)劈分为精细的小单元,构造设计变量与密度变量的重叠网格,形成多分辨率-多边形单元的优化建模策略;以平均动柔度最小化为目标和多材料的体积占比为约束,建立多材料结构的动力学拓扑优化模型,通过HHT-α方法求解结构动响应,采用伴随变量法推导目标函数和约束的灵敏度表达式,利用基于敏度分离技术的ZPR设计变量更新方案构建多区域体积约束问题的优化迭代格式;通过典型数值算例分析优化方法的可行性和动态载荷作用时间对优化结果的影响机制。     

稳态热传导结构非概率可靠性拓扑优化设计

研究具有区间参数的稳态热传导结构在散热弱度非概率可靠性约束下的拓扑优化设计问题。建立了以单元相对导热系数为设计变量,导热材料体积极小化为目标函数,满足散热弱度非概率可靠性为约束条件的稳态热传导结构的拓扑优化设计数学模型。基于区间因子法,推导出散热弱度的均值及离差的计算表达式。采用渐进结构优化法的求解策略与方法,并利用过滤技术消除优化过程中的数值不稳定性现象。通过算例验证文中模型及求解策略、方法的合理性和有效性。     

Continuum structural topological optimizations with stress constraints based on an active constraint technique

Stress‐related problems have not been given the same attention as the minimum compliance topological optimization problem in the literature. Continuum structural topological optimization with stress constraints is of wide engineering application prospect, in which there still are many problems to solve, such as the stress concentration, an equivalent approximate optimization model and etc. A new and effective topological optimization method of continuum structures with the stress constraints and the objective function being the structural volume has been presented in this paper. To solve the stress concentration issue, an approximate stress gradient evaluation for any element is introduced, and a total aggregation normalized stress gradient constraint is constructed for the optimized structure under the r?th load case. To obtain stable convergent series solutions and enhance the control on the stress level, two p‐norm global stress constraint functions with different indexes are adopted, and some weighting p‐norm global stress constraint functions are introduced for any load case. And an equivalent topological optimization model with reduced stress constraints is constructed,being incorporated with the rational approximation for material properties, an active constraint technique, a trust region scheme, and an effective local stress approach like the qp approach to resolve the stress singularity phenomenon. Hence, a set of stress quadratic explicit approximations are constructed, based on stress sensitivities and the method of moving asymptotes. A set of algorithm for the one level optimization problem with artificial variables and many possible non‐active design variables is proposed by adopting an inequality constrained nonlinear programming method with simple trust regions, based on the primal‐dual theory, in which the non‐smooth expressions of the design variable solutions are reformulated as smoothing functions of the Lagrange multipliers by using a novel smoothing function. Finally, a two‐level optimization design scheme with active constraint technique, i.e. varied constraint limits, is proposed to deal with the aggregation constraints that always are of loose constraint (non active constraint) features in the conventional structural optimization method. A novel structural topological optimization method with stress constraints and its algorithm are formed, and examples are provided to demonstrate that the proposed method is feasible and very effective. © 2016 The Authors. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

基于阻尼材料拓扑分布的结构-声辐射优化

基于拓扑优化思想,提出一种人工材料假设,建立了阻尼材料铺设的拓扑优化数学模型。在阻尼材料用量一定的情况下实现阻尼材料最优分布,达到减振降噪之目的。采用遗传算法进行求解,进行了阻尼材料和人工材料的转换,实现了阻尼材料的拓扑优化。数值算例表明:所提方法在减振降噪设计中具有可行性和有效性,有较好的工程应用价值,可为阻尼材料的敷设提供一种可行有效的思路。     

约束阻尼结构的改进准则法拓扑减振动力学优化

旨在为减振设计提供理论基础,研究约束阻尼结构拓扑动力学优化。以阻尼材料用量、振动特征方程、模态频率为约束,以多模态损耗因子倒数的加权和最小为目标,建立了约束阻尼结构拓扑优化模型,引入MAC因子控制结构的振型跃阶。在引入质量阵惩罚因子基础上推导出优化目标灵敏度。考虑到优化目标函数的非凸性,采用常规准则法(OC)寻优可能会使拓扑变量出现负值或陷入局部优化,故引入数学规划移动渐近技术对OC法进行改进,从而将全体拓扑变量纳入改进算法的优化迭代全过程。编程实现了约束阻尼板改进OC法拓扑动力学优化并对改进法性能进行了仿真。结果显示,改进算法可得到更合理的约束阻尼层构形,可使结构取得更佳减振效果。研究表明,改进算法迭代稳定性更好、寻优效率更高、更具全域最优性。     

自由阻尼层结构阻尼材料配置优化的拓扑敏度法

提出阻尼胞单元和阻尼拓扑敏度等概念，建立了基于阻尼拓扑敏度综合评价的阻尼材料拓扑优化准则，并用于自由阻尼层结构振动控制中阻尼材料的配置优化。建立待控结构阻尼材料布局的拓扑基结构，计算各单元的阻尼拓扑敏度。再建立考虑重量目标及结构频响峰值约束的阻尼材料配置拓扑优化模型。根据所提出的阻尼材料拓扑优化准则，求解上述配置优化问题，确定阈值和各单元拓扑值。并用若干典型结构算例，验证所提出方法的正确性，讨论了阻尼材料布局拓扑基结构的规模与优化效率的关系。     

Topology optimization of continuum structures for natural frequencies considering casting constraints

A method for the topology optimization on the natural frequency of continuum structures with casting constraints is proposed. The objective is to maximize the natural frequency of vibrating continuum structures subject to casting constraints. When the natural frequencies of the considered structures are maximized using the solid isotropic material with penalization (SIMP) model, artificial localized modes may occur in areas where elements are assigned with lower density values. In this article, the topology optimization is performed by the bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization (BESO) method. The effects of different locations of concentrated lump mass, different volume fractions and meshing sizes on the final topologies are compared. Both two and four parting directions are investigated. Several two- and three-dimensional numerical examples show that the proposed BESO method is effective in achieving convergent solid–void optimal solutions for a variety of frequency optimization problems of continuum structures.     

Optimization of truss topology using tabu search

A design procedure for integrating topological considerations in the framework of structural optimization is presented. The proposed approach is capable of considering multiple load conditions, stress, displacement and local/global buckling constraints, and multiple objective functions in the problem formulation. Further, since the proposed method permits members to be added to or deleted from an existing topology and the topology is not defined by member areas, the difficulty of not being able to reach singular optima is also avoided. These objectives are accomplished using a discrete optimization procedure which uses 0–1 topological variables to optimize alternate designs. Since the topological variables are discrete in nature and the member cross-sections are assumed to be continuous, the topological optimization problem has mixed discrete-continuous variables. This non-linear programming problem is solved using a memory-based combinatorial optimization technique known as tabu search. Numerical results obtained using tabu search for single and multiobjective topological optimization of truss structures are presented. To model the multiple objective functions in the problem formulation, a cooperative game theoretic approach is used. The results indicate that the optimum topologies obtained using tabu search compare favourably, and in some instances, outperform the results obtained using the ground–structure approach. However, this improvement occurs at the expense of a significant increase in computational burden owing to the fact that the proposed approach necessitates that the geometry of each trial topology be optimized.     

Velocity field level-set method for topological shape optimization using freely distributed design variables

The velocity field level-set topological shape optimization method combines the implicit representation in the standard level-set method and the capabilities of general mathematical programming algorithms in handling multiple constraints and additional design variables. The key concept is to construct the normal velocity field using basis functions and the velocity design variables at specified points (referred to as velocity knots) in the entire design domain. In this study, the velocity design variables are decoupled from the level-set grid points. Making use of this property, we can adaptively change the arrangement of the velocity knots as the structural boundary evolves. This provides more design freedom in the optimization and allows for a significant reduction in the number of design variables. Several numerical examples in two- and three-dimensional design domains are presented to demonstrate the robustness and efficiency of the proposed method. We also show that changing the number of velocity knots may implicitly exert certain control on topological complexity and length scale.     

基于遗传算法的离散型结构拓扑优化设计

采用遗传算法求解包括桁架结构和框架结构的离散型结构拓扑优化问题。在遗传算法的基础上,通过引入拓扑变量并修改被删除杆件的材料弹性模量,提出了一个受多工况荷载作用,能同时考虑应力、稳定及位移等约束的离散型结构拓扑优化问题统一数学模型。该模型不但能同时适用于桁架结构和框架结构等离散型结构拓扑优化问题,而且还能解决奇异最优解问题。结合上述统一数学模型和遗传算法,给出了求解离散型结构拓扑优化问题的优化方法。算例结果表明,采用该文提出的拓扑优化方法可有效、方便地对桁架结构、框架结构等离散型结构进行拓扑优化设计。     

Topology optimization of composite material plate with respect to sound radiation

In this paper, topology optimization of composite material plate with respect to minimization of the sound power radiation has been studied. A new low noise design method based on topology optimization is proposed, which provides great guidance for acoustic designers. The structural vibrations are excited by external harmonic mechanical load with prescribed frequency and amplitude. The sound power is calculated using boundary element method. An extended solid isotropic material with penalization (SIMP) model is introduced for acoustic design sensitivity analysis in topology optimization, where the same penalization is applied for the stiffness and mass of the structural volume elements. Volumetric densities of stiffer material are chosen as design variables. Finally, taking a simple supported thin plate as a simulation example, the sound power radiation from structures subjected to forced vibration can be considerably reduced, leading to a reduction of 20 dB. It is shown that the optimal topology is easy to manufacture at low frequency, while as the loading frequency increases, the optimal topology shows a more and more complicated periodicity which makes it difficult to manufacture.