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Density-based isogeometric topology optimization of shell structures (2312.06378v1)

Published 11 Dec 2023 in math.OC, cs.CE, cs.CG, and cs.GR

Abstract: Shell structures with a high stiffness-to-weight ratio are desirable in various engineering applications. In such scenarios, topology optimization serves as a popular and effective tool for shell structures design. Among the topology optimization methods, solid isotropic material with penalization method(SIMP) is often chosen due to its simplicity and convenience. However, SIMP method is typically integrated with conventional finite element analysis(FEA) which has limitations in computational accuracy. Achieving high accuracy with FEA needs a substantial number of elements, leading to computational burdens. In addition, the discrete representation of the material distribution may result in rough boundaries and checkerboard structures. To overcome these challenges, this paper proposes an isogeometric analysis(IGA) based SIMP method for optimizing the topology of shell structures based on Reissner-Mindlin theory. We use NURBS to represent both the shell structure and the material distribution function with the same basis functions, allowing for higher accuracy and smoother boundaries. The optimization model takes compliance as the objective function with a volume fraction constraint and the coefficients of the density function as design variables. The Method of Moving Asymptotes is employed to solve the optimization problem, resulting in an optimized shell structure defined by the material distribution function. To obtain fairing boundaries in the optimized shell structure, further process is conducted by fitting the boundaries with fair B-spline curves automatically. Furthermore, the IGA-SIMP framework is applied to generate porous shell structures by imposing different local volume fraction constraints. Numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the IGA-SIMP method, showing that it outperforms the FEA-SIMP method and produces smoother boundaries.

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