A level set-based topology optimization approach for thermally radiating structures

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The need for efficient thermally radiating structures is apparent in many aerospace system designs including satellites, launch vehicles, and hypersonic aircraft. This paper presents a novel level set-based topology optimization approach for...

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Main Authors: Cohen, Brian S, March, Andrew I, Willcox, Karen E, Miller, David W
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/145453
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author Cohen, Brian S
March, Andrew I
Willcox, Karen E
Miller, David W
author2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Cohen, Brian S
March, Andrew I
Willcox, Karen E
Miller, David W
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description <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The need for efficient thermally radiating structures is apparent in many aerospace system designs including satellites, launch vehicles, and hypersonic aircraft. This paper presents a novel level set-based topology optimization approach for designing thermally efficient radiating structures. In this paper, we derive a shape sensitivity of the thermal heat power radiated objective function using the adjoint method. This sensitivity is a necessary ingredient for our gradient-based algorithm. We apply an augmented Lagrangian method to solve an example 2D problem where the goal is to maximize heat power rejected subject to a material volume constraint. The radiating surface is kept fixed during the optimization to maintain a design-independent boundary condition, while the conducting region is optimized. Several solutions are illustrated with varying initial conditions. We also present a case study indicating that maximizing the thermal compliance functional is not sufficient for solving this class of problems.</jats:p>
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spelling mit-1721.1/1454532022-09-30T09:05:22Z A level set-based topology optimization approach for thermally radiating structures Cohen, Brian S March, Andrew I Willcox, Karen E Miller, David W Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The need for efficient thermally radiating structures is apparent in many aerospace system designs including satellites, launch vehicles, and hypersonic aircraft. This paper presents a novel level set-based topology optimization approach for designing thermally efficient radiating structures. In this paper, we derive a shape sensitivity of the thermal heat power radiated objective function using the adjoint method. This sensitivity is a necessary ingredient for our gradient-based algorithm. We apply an augmented Lagrangian method to solve an example 2D problem where the goal is to maximize heat power rejected subject to a material volume constraint. The radiating surface is kept fixed during the optimization to maintain a design-independent boundary condition, while the conducting region is optimized. Several solutions are illustrated with varying initial conditions. We also present a case study indicating that maximizing the thermal compliance functional is not sufficient for solving this class of problems.</jats:p> 2022-09-16T12:31:32Z 2022-09-16T12:31:32Z 2022-06 2022-09-16T12:28:50Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/145453 Cohen, Brian S, March, Andrew I, Willcox, Karen E and Miller, David W. 2022. "A level set-based topology optimization approach for thermally radiating structures." Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 65 (6). en 10.1007/s00158-022-03261-6 Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Springer Science and Business Media LLC Springer
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title_short A level set-based topology optimization approach for thermally radiating structures
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