Revisiting element removal for density-based structural topology optimization with reintroduction by Heaviside projection

We present a strategy grounded in the element removal idea of Bruns and Tortorelli (2003) and aimed at reducing computational cost and circumventing potential numerical instabilities of density-based topology optimization. The design variables and the relative densities are both represented on a fix...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Behrou, Reza, Lotfi, Reza, Carstensen, Josephine Voigt, Ferrari, Federico, Guest, James K
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132730