2D Minimum Compliance Topology Optimization Based on a Region Partitioning Strategy

This paper presents an extended sequential element rejection and admission(SERA)topology optimizationmethod with a region partitioning strategy.Based on the partitioning of a design domain into solid regions and weak regions,the proposed optimizationmethod sequentially implements finite element analysis(FEA)in these regions.After standard FEA in the solid regions,the boundary displacement of the weak regions is constrained using the numerical solution of the solid regions as Dirichlet boundary conditions.This treatment can alleviate the negative effect of the material interpolation model of the topology optimization method in the weak regions,such as the condition number of the structural global stiffness matrix.For optimization,in which the forward problem requires nonlinear structural analysis,a linear solver can be applied in weak regions to avoid numerical singularities caused by the over-deformedmesh.To enhance the robustness of the proposedmethod,the nonmanifold point and island are identified and handled separately.The performance of the proposed method is verified by three 2D minimum compliance examples.

Research on Water Resources Conservation of Mountain River Based on the Concept of Region Partition

Presently concepts and methods related to water resources conservation of mountain rivers are seriously insufficient,and its level is far from being adaptable to the development of a harmonious society.As mountain ecosystems play a key role in water resources conservation of mountain rivers,and the characteristics of mountain ecosystems and hydrologic features of mountain river follow strong temporal and spatial distribution,partition theory can be applied to the water resources conservation of mountain river.This theory observes the following partition principles:regional relativity,spatial continuity,integralcounty,meeting management needs,hierarchical principle,and comparability principle.And it lays equal emphasis on both water resources conservation and environmental protection,on both water quality conservation and water quantity protection,on the combination of water features,water cycle and water pollution.In the partition methods,index method and map superposition method will be applied in region partition.The example of region partition of water resources conservation in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River shows that the partition theory is practicable in water resources conservation of mountain rivers,and it provides a platform for future study in water resources conservation.

A novel design scheme for acoustic cloaking of complex shape based on region partitioning and multi-origin coordinate transformation

Acoustic cloaking is an important application of acoustic metamaterials.This article proposes a novel design scheme for acoustic cloaking based on the region partitioning and multi-origin coordinate transformation.The cloaked region is partitioned into multiple narrow strips.For each strip,a local coordinate system is established with the local origin located at the strip center,and a coordinate transformation in the local coordinate system is conducted to squeeze the material along the strip length direction to form the cloaked region.To facilitate the implementation of the acoustic cloak,the multilayer effective medium is used to approximate the non-uniform anisotropic material parameters.The effectiveness of the proposed coordinate transformation method is verified by comparing the results from our method with those in the literature.Firstly,the results of a circular acoustic cloak in the literature are reproduced by using our finite element(FE)simulations for validation.Then,a comparison is made between the traditional coordinate transformation scheme and our new scheme for simulating an elliptical acoustic cloak.The results indicate that the proposed multi-origin coordinate transformation method has a better cloaking effect on the incident wave along the ellipse minor axis direction than the traditional method.This means that for the same object,an appropriate transformation scheme can be selected for different incident wave directions to achieve the optimal control effect.The validated scheme is further used to design an arch-shaped cloak composed of an upper semicircular area and a lower rectangular area,by combining the traditional single-centered coordinate transformation method for the semicircular area and the proposed multi-origin method for the rectangular area.The results show that the designed cloak can effectively control the wave propagation with significantly reduced acoustic pressure level.This work provides a flexible acoustic cloak design method applicable for arbitrary shapes and different wave incident directions,enriching the theory of acoustic cloaking based on coordinate transformation.

Regional partitioning of agricultural non-point source pollution in China using a projection pursuit cluster model

A projection pursuit cluster（PPC） model was used to analyze the regional partitioning of agricultural non-point source pollution in China.The environmental factors impacting the agricultural non-point source pollution were compiled into a projection index to set up the projection index function.A novel optimization algorithm called Free search（FS） was introduced to optimize the projection direction of the PPC model.By making the appropriate improvements as we explored the use of the algorithm,it became simpler,and developed better exploration abilities.Thus,the multi-factor problem was converted into a single-factor cluster,according to the projection,which successfully avoided subjective disturbance and produced objective results.The cluster results of the PPC model mirror the actual regional partitioning of the agricultural non-point source pollution in China,indicating that the PPC model is a powerful tool in multi-factor cluster analysis,and could be a new method for the regional partitioning of agricultural non-point source pollution.

Research on the dynamic andnon-same-plane vague region relations without kernel

To remedy the defects of the existing research achievements,the dynamic vague region relations without kernel and the non-same-plane vague region relations without kernel based on the conception of the vague sets were studied systematically.The formalized definitions of the vague intersection set,the vague cut sets and vague region partition etc were given.Based on the vague sets,the eight vague region relations in the same plane and the ten vague region relations in the different plane were given.Furthermore,the coessential intersection and the heterogeneous intersection were proposed to simplify the representation for the dynamic vague region relations without kernel and the rotation-corresponding relations between the two kinds of the relations were also studied.The production in this paper laid the foundation for the applications and research of the vague region relations without kernel in the spatial database.

Dynamic self-adaptive ANP algorithm and its application to electric field simulation of aluminum reduction cell

Region partition(RP) is the key technique to the finite element parallel computing(FEPC),and its performance has a decisive influence on the entire process of analysis and computation.The performance evaluation index of RP method for the three-dimensional finite element model(FEM) has been given.By taking the electric field of aluminum reduction cell(ARC) as the research object,the performance of two classical RP methods,which are Al-NASRA and NGUYEN partition(ANP) algorithm and the multi-level partition(MLP) method,has been analyzed and compared.The comparison results indicate a sound performance of ANP algorithm,but to large-scale models,the computing time of ANP algorithm increases notably.This is because the ANP algorithm determines only one node based on the minimum weight and just adds the elements connected to the node into the sub-region during each iteration.To obtain the satisfied speed and the precision,an improved dynamic self-adaptive ANP(DSA-ANP) algorithm has been proposed.With consideration of model scale,complexity and sub-RP stage,the improved algorithm adaptively determines the number of nodes and selects those nodes with small enough weight,and then dynamically adds these connected elements.The proposed algorithm has been applied to the finite element analysis(FEA) of the electric field simulation of ARC.Compared with the traditional ANP algorithm,the computational efficiency of the proposed algorithm has been shortened approximately from 260 s to 13 s.This proves the superiority of the improved algorithm on computing time performance.