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Material distribution topology optimization problems are generally ill-posed if no restriction or regularization method is used. To deal with these issues, filtering procedures are routinely applied. In a recent paper,… Click to show full abstract
Material distribution topology optimization problems are generally ill-posed if no restriction or regularization method is used. To deal with these issues, filtering procedures are routinely applied. In a recent paper, we presented a framework that encompasses the vast majority of currently available density filters. In this paper, we show that these nonlinear filters ensure existence of solutions to a continuous version of the minimum compliance problem. In addition, we provide a detailed description on how to efficiently compute sensitivities for the case when multiple of these nonlinear filters are applied in sequence. Finally, we present large-scale numerical experiments illustrating some characteristics of these cascaded nonlinear filters.
Journal Title: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
Year Published: 2017
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