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Memory-Driven Metaheuristics: Improving Optimization Performance
Metaheuristics are stochastic optimization algorithms that mimic natural processes to find optimal solutions to complex problems. The success of...
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Topology Optimization of Truss-Like Structure with Stress Constraints Under Multiple-Load Cases
A new method for topology optimization of truss-like structures with stress constraints under multiple-load cases (MLCs) is presented. A spatial...
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Design of adaptive structures through energy minimization: extension to tensegrity
This paper gives a new formulation to design adaptive structures through total energy optimization (TEO). This methodology enables the design of...
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Layout optimization of structures with distributed self-weight, lumped masses and frictional supports
The well-known ‘ground structure’-based truss layout optimization method has recently been extended to allow accurate modelling of distributed...
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Eigenfrequency-based topology optimization using cooperative coevolutionary strategies and moving morphable components
This paper aims to present and investigate a derivative-free design optimization methodology for continuum structures to maximize the...
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Theory of Michell Structures. Single Load Case
The Michell structures are solutions to the problems of optimum design put forward and discussed in Sects. 2.1...
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Simultaneous discrete and continuum multiresolution topology optimization
In the field of continuum structures, the density-based methods for topology optimization are well known and broadly studied. Likewise, in the area...
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Constructing Michell Structures in Plane. Single Load Case
This chapter introduces the reader into the methods of construction of the planar frameworks being exact solutions to the Michell problems of optimum...
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Size and Topology Optimization of Structures
In the first part of this paper, the results of size optimization of truss are given. A minimum mass was required as an objective function. Four...
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Multi-scale topology optimization for stiffness and de-homogenization using implicit geometry modeling
In this article, we demonstrate the state-of-the-art of multi-scale topology optimization for 3D structural design. Many structures designed for...
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Topology optimization in concrete construction: a systematic review on numerical and experimental investigations
Structural optimization within concrete construction has been increasingly taken up in research within the last two decades. Possible drivers are the...
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Adaptive solution of truss layout optimization problems with global stability constraints
Truss layout optimization problems with global stability constraints are nonlinear and nonconvex and hence very challenging to solve, particularly...
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CPU parallel-based adaptive parameterized level set method for large-scale structural topology optimization
In this paper, an adaptive parameterized level set topology optimization method (APLSM) is proposed by using a bilinear basis function which is...
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On transmissible load formulations in topology optimization
Transmissible loads are external loads defined by their line of action, with actual points of load application chosen as part of the topology...
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Thrust Layout Optimization for the Analysis of Historic Masonry Structures
Historic masonry structures form an important part of the world’s collective cultural heritage. Many methods have been developed for assessing the...
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Layout optimization of simplified trusses using mixed integer linear programming with runtime generation of constraints
Traditional truss layout optimization employing the ground structure method will often generate layouts that are too complex to fabricate in...
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Discrete topology optimization in augmented space: integrated element removal for minimum size and mesh sensitivity control
A computational strategy is proposed to circumvent some of the major issues that arise in the classical threshold-based approach to discrete topology...
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Conceptual Design of Cable-Stayed Bridges Using Graphic Simulation
The paradigm for structural design has been shifted from traditional engineering-oriented to more comprehensive holistic designs that consider visual...
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Automatic Truss Design Based on Topology Optimization and Image Processing Techniques
Topology Optimization (TO) methods have been well developed for structural and multidisciplinary designs in terms of finding the optimal objective...
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Statics and Stability of Bending-Optimized Double-Layer Grid Shell
Grid shell structures are optimal when considering their aesthetics and lightness, but their efficiency is highly reduced when their shape deviates...