Power Flow Response Based Dynamic Topology Optimization of Bi-material Plate Structures

Work on dynamic topology optimization of engineering structures for vibration suppression has mainly addressed the maximization of eigenfrequencies and gaps between consecutive eigenfrequencies of free vibration, minimization of the dynamic compliance subject to forced vibration, and minimization of the structural frequency response. A dynamic topology optimization method of bi-material plate structures is presented based on power flow analysis. Topology optimization problems formulated directly with the design objective of minimizing the power flow response are dealt with. In comparison to the displacement or velocity response, the power flow response takes not only the amplitude of force and velocity into account, but also the phase relationship of the two vector quantities. The complex expression of power flow response is derived based on time-harmonic external mechanical loading and Rayleigh damping. The mathematical formulation of topology optimization is established based on power flow response and bi-material solid isotropic material with penalization(SIMP) model. Computational optimization procedure is developed by using adjoint design sensitivity analysis and the method of moving asymptotes(MMA). Several numerical examples are presented for bi-material plate structures with different loading frequencies, which verify the feasibility and effectiveness of this method. Additionally, optimum results between topological design of minimum power flow response and minimum dynamic compliance are compared, showing that the present method has strong adaptability for structural dynamic topology optimization problems. The proposed research provides a more accurate and effective approach for dynamic topology optimization of vibrating structures.

Bi-material Topology Optimization Using Analysis Mesh-Independent Point-Wise Density Interpolation

This paper extends the independent point-wise density interpolation to the bimaterial to pology optimization to improve the structural static or dynamic proper ties.In contras t to the conventional elemental density-based topology optimization approaches,this method employs an analysis-mesh-separated material density field discretization model to describe the topology evolution of bi-material structures within the design domain.To be specific,the density design variable points can be freely positioned,independently of the field points used for discretization of the displacement field.By this means,a material interface description of relatively high quality can be achieved,even when unstructured finite element meshes and irregular-shaped elements are used in discretization of the analysis domain.Numerical examples,regarding the minimum static compliance design and the maximum fundamental eigen-frequency design,are presented to demonstrate the validity and applicability of the proposed formulation and numerical techniques.It is shown that this method is free of numerical difficulties such as checkerboard patterns and the“islanding”phenomenon.