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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2018-06-01

发表刊物：STRUCTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION

收录刊物：SCIE

卷号：57

期号：6

页面范围：2457-2483

ISSN号：1615-147X

关键字：Additive manufacturing; Topology optimization; Support structure; Lattice infill; Material feature; Multi-material; Uncertainty; Post-treatment

摘要：Manufacturing-oriented topology optimization has been extensively studied the past two decades, in particular for the conventional manufacturing methods, for example, machining and injection molding or casting. Both design and manufacturing engineers have benefited from these efforts because of the close-to-optimal and friendly-to-manufacture design solutions. Recently, additive manufacturing (AM) has received significant attention from both academia and industry. AM is characterized by producing geometrically complex components layer-by-layer, and greatly reduces the geometric complexity restrictions imposed on topology optimization by conventional manufacturing. In other words, AM can make near-full use of the freeform structural evolution of topology optimization. Even so, new rules and restrictions emerge due to the diverse and intricate AM processes, which should be carefully addressed when developing the AM-specific topology optimization algorithms. Therefore, the motivation of this perspective paper is to summarize the state-of-art topology optimization methods for a variety of AM topics. At the same time, this paper also expresses the authors' perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in these topics. The hope is to inspire both researchers and engineers to meet these challenges with innovative solutions.