Structural Topology Optimization based on Parametric Level Set Method under the Environment of ANSYS Secondary Development

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10.2991/iccia-17.2017.152How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Topology optimization, parametric level set method, ANSYS secondary development.

Abstract

As the parametric level set method (PLSM) can provide the clear structural boundary description and the ANSYS software has a strong capability of finite element analysis, structural topology optimization based on PLSM under the environment of ANSYS secondary development is conducted in this paper. The finite element analysis programs and structural topology optimization based on PLSM are written by APDL and UPFs, respectively. This approach based on ANSYS secondary development can expand the practical applications of structural topology optimization. Typical 2D and 3D examples shown in this paper are used to verify the feasibility and applicability of the adopted method, which can also provide an important guidance to achieve structural topology optimization under the environment of ANSYS secondary development.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xin Gui
AU  - Mi Xiao
AU  - Yan Zhang
AU  - Liang Gao
AU  - Yuancan Liao
PY  - 2016/07
DA  - 2016/07
TI  - Structural Topology Optimization based on Parametric Level Set Method under the Environment of ANSYS Secondary Development
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Engineering, Information Science & Application Technology (ICCIA 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 868
EP  - 877
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccia-17.2017.152
DO  - 10.2991/iccia-17.2017.152
ID  - Gui2016/07
ER  -