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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2007-06-01

发表刊物：APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS-ENGLISH EDITION

收录刊物：SCIE、EI、Scopus

卷号：28

期号：6

页面范围：707-719

ISSN号：0253-4827

关键字：discrete variable; topology optimization; sensitivity analysis; matrix perturbation

摘要：The numerical non-stability of a discrete algorithm of topology optimization can result from the inaccurate evaluation of element,sensitivities. Especially, when material is added to elements, the estimation of element sensitivities is very inaccurate, even their signs are also estimated wrong. In order to overcome the problems a new incremental sensitivity analysis formula is constructed based on the perturbation analysis of the elastic equilibrium increment equation, which can provide us a good estimate of the change of the objective function whether material is removed from or added to elements, meanwhile it can also be considered as the conventional sensitivity formula modified by a non-local element stiffness matrix. As a consequence, a binary discrete method of topology optimization is established, in which each element is assigned either a stiffness value of solid material or a small value indicating no material, and the optimization process can remove material from elements or add material to elements so as to make the objective function decrease. And a main advantage of the method is simple and no need of much mathematics, particularly interesting in engineering application.