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This paper presents a novel space-time topology optimisation framework for time-dependent thermal conduction problems, aiming to significantly reduce the time-to-solution. By treating time as an additional spatial dimension, we discretise…
Tomographic volumetric additive manufacturing is a rapidly growing fabrication technology that enables rapid production of 3D objects through a single build step. In this process, the design of projections directly impacts geometric…
The paper presents a novel, parameter free, density evaluation method for topology optimization based on normalized product of a scalar field. The approach imposes length scale on solid phase implicitly and allows for pure 0-1 singularity…
This article proposes a novel high-performance computing approach for the prediction of the temperature field in powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing processes. In contrast to many existing approaches to part-scale simulations,…
Inverse design of high-resolution and fine-detailed 3D lightweight mechanical structures is notoriously expensive due to the need for vast computational resources and the use of very fine-scaled complex meshes. Furthermore, in designing for…
Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes intended for large scale components deposit large volumes of material to shorten process duration. This reduces the resolution of the AM process, which is typically defined by the size of the deposition…
Convection offers a dynamic and flexible approach to achieving a variety of novel physical phenomena beyond pure conduction. Here, we demonstrate that thermal metamaterials with convection modulation enable the realization of non-Hermitian…
This paper proposes topology optimization for considering shielding and penetrating features. Based on the fictitious physical model, which is a useful approach to control geometric features, the proposed method analyzes fictitious…
Utilizing synthetic dimensions generated by spatial or temporal modulation, topological pumping enables the exploration of higher-dimensional topological phenomena through lower-dimensional physical systems. In this letter, we propose a…
We present a method for enforcing manufacturability constraints in generated parts such that they will be automatically ready for fabrication using a subtractive approach. We primarily target multi-axis CNC milling approaches but the method…
This study proposes a high-order multi-scale method tailored for time-dependent nonlinear thermo-electro-mechanical coupling problems of composite structures with highly spatial heterogeneity, which incorporate temperature-dependent…
Gradient porous structured materials possess significant potential of being applied in many engineering fields. To accelerate the design process of infill graded microstructures, a novel asymptotic homogenisation topology optimisation…
Topology optimization is widely used by engineers during the initial product development process to get a first possible geometry design. The state-of-the-art is the iterative calculation, which requires both time and computational power.…
In this work, we present the integrated structure-control design of a 2-DOF underactuated mechanical system, aiming to achieve a periodic motion of the end-effector. The desired behavior is generated via input-output linearization, followed…
Topology Optimization (TO) provides a systematic approach for obtaining structure design with optimum performance of interest. However, the process requires numerical evaluation of objective function and constraints at each iteration, which…
The advancements in additive manufacturing (AM) technology have allowed for the production of geometrically complex parts with customizable designs. This versatility benefits large-scale space-frame structures, as the individual design of…
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a manufacturing paradigm that builds three-dimensional objects from a computer-aided design model by successively adding material layer by layer. AM has become very popular in the past decade due to its…
We present a new method for the statistical process control of lattice structures using tools from Topological Data Analysis. Motivated by applications in additive manufacturing, such as aerospace components and biomedical implants, where…
Topology optimization is used to systematically design contact-aided thermo-mechanical regulators, i.e. components whose effective thermal conductivity is tunable by mechanical deformation and contact. The thermo-mechanical interactions are…
Topology optimization (TO) provides a principled mathematical approach for optimizing the performance of a structure by designing its material spatial distribution in a pre-defined domain and subject to a set of constraints. The majority of…