A Streamline-Guided Dehomogenization Approach for Structural Design

Junpeng Wang, Rüdiger Westermann, J. Wu*

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Abstract

We present a novel dehomogenization approach for the efficient design of high-resolution load-bearing structures. The proposed approach builds upon a streamline-based parametrization of the design domain, using a set of space-filling and evenly spaced streamlines in the two mutually orthogonal direction fields that are obtained from homogenization-based topology optimization. Streamlines in these fields are converted into a graph, which is then used to construct a quad-dominant mesh whose edges follow the direction fields. In addition, the edge width is adjusted according to the density and anisotropy of the optimized orthotropic cells. In a number of numerical examples, we demonstrate the mechanical performance and regular appearance of the resulting structural designs and compare them with those from classic and contemporary approaches.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberMD-22-1458
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME
Volume145
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Topology optimization
  • dehomogenization

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