a staggered approach to shape and topology optimization using the traction method and an evolutionary-type advancing front algorithm：一种交错的形状和拓扑优化的方法和一种渐进式推进前算法.pdf

Available online at ScienceDirect Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg. 287 (2015) 1–30 /locate/cma A staggered approach to shape and topology optimization using the traction method and an evolutionary-type advancing front algorithm Stefan Riehl, Paul Steinmann∗ Chair of Applied Mechanics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg, Egerlandstr. 5, 91058 Erlangen, Germany ¨ Received 26 June 2014; received in revised form 7 January 2015; accepted 9 January 2015 Available online 16 January 2015 Abstract We investigate a novel approach for structural shape optimization on the basis of complementary shape and topological sensitivity analysis. As in early approaches to shape optimization, the domain variation is specified by modification of boundary nodal points, hence leading to an updated Lagrangian description for the course of optimization. To overcome the formation of oscillating boundaries in the optimal design trials, we employ the traction method to establish smooth descent directions for shape variation. Therein, an auxiliary elastic problem is solved in which the shape sensitivity constitutes the external loading and the deformation of the auxiliary elastic body is used as a descent direction for shape variation rather than the shape sensitivity itself. We complement this method through an evolutionary-type element removal procedure that is based on the topological sensitivity such that an advancing front algorithm is gradually removing ele