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A new topology optimization method called the Proportional Topology Optimization (PTO) is presented. As a non-gradient method, PTO is simple to understand, easy to implement, and is also efficient and accurate at the same time. It is…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2016-05-30 Emre Biyikli , Albert C. To

Topology optimization is computationally demanding that requires the assembly and solution to a finite element problem for each material distribution hypothesis. As a complementary alternative to the traditional physics-based topology…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-08-23 Saurabh Banga , Harsh Gehani , Sanket Bhilare , Sagar Patel , Levent Kara

High-dimensional data, characterized by many features, can be difficult to visualize effectively. Dimensionality reduction techniques, such as PCA, UMAP, and t-SNE, address this challenge by projecting the data into a lower-dimensional…

Designing metamaterials for extreme mechanical behavior involves the optimal selection of design parameters. However, identifying these optimal parameters through topology optimization (TO) across a large parametric space requires extensive…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-11-10 Ajendra Singh , Shubham Saurabh , Abhinav Gupta , Rajib Chowdhury

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…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-08 Amin Yousefpour , Shirin Hosseinmardi , Carlos Mora , Ramin Bostanabad

This paper introduces the design and implementation of PyOptInterface, a modeling language for mathematical optimization embedded in Python programming language. PyOptInterface uses lightweight and compact data structure to bridge…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2024-05-17 Yue Yang , Chenhui Lin , Luo Xu , Wenchuan Wu

Topology optimization has emerged as a popular approach to refine a component's design and increase its performance. However, current state-of-the-art topology optimization frameworks are compute-intensive, mainly due to multiple finite…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-27 Jaydeep Rade , Aditya Balu , Ethan Herron , Jay Pathak , Rishikesh Ranade , Soumik Sarkar , Adarsh Krishnamurthy

Topology design optimization offers tremendous opportunity in design and manufacturing freedoms by designing and producing a part from the ground-up without a meaningful initial design as required by conventional shape design optimization…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-01-10 Sharad Rawat , M. H. Herman Shen

The paper presents a topology optimization approach that designs an optimal structure, called a self-supporting structure, which is ready to be fabricated via additive manufacturing without the usage of additional support structures. Such…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2017-08-25 Dengyang Zhao , Ming Li , Yusheng Liu

Access to vast amounts of data along with affordable computational power stimulated the reincarnation of neural networks. The progress could not be achieved without adequate software tools, lowering the entry bar for the next generations of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-22 Tomasz Kornuta

Topology optimization (TO) is a family of computational methods that derive near-optimal geometries from formal problem descriptions. Despite their success, established TO methods are limited to generating single solutions, restricting the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Andreas Radler , Eric Volkmann , Johannes Brandstetter , Arturs Berzins

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes often fabricate a near-net shape that includes the as-designed part as well as the sacrificial support structures that need to be machined away by subtractive manufacturing (SM), for instance…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-08-09 Amir M. Mirzendehdel , Morad Behandish , Saigopal Nelaturi

In traditional topology optimization, the computing time required to iteratively update the material distribution within a design domain strongly depends on the complexity or size of the problem, limiting its application in real engineering…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Gabriel Garayalde , Matteo Torzoni , Matteo Bruggi , Alberto Corigliano

As the field of data science continues to grow, there will be an ever-increasing demand for tools that make machine learning accessible to non-experts. In this paper, we introduce the concept of tree-based pipeline optimization for…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-03-22 Randal S. Olson , Nathan Bartley , Ryan J. Urbanowicz , Jason H. Moore

In this paper, we propose PATO-a producibility-aware topology optimization (TO) framework to help efficiently explore the design space of components fabricated using metal additive manufacturing (AM), while ensuring manufacturability with…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-12-10 Naresh S. Iyer , Amir M. Mirzendehdel , Sathyanarayanan Raghavan , Yang Jiao , Erva Ulu , Morad Behandish , Saigopal Nelaturi , Dean M. Robinson

Topology optimization (TO) has been widely adopted in engineering design; however, it is prone to being trapped in local optima, particularly in strongly nonlinear problems. Sensitivity-free data-driven topology design (DDTD) offers a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Jun Yang , Ziliang Wang , Shintaro Yamasaki

Topology optimization (TO) serves as a widely applied structural design approach to tackle various engineering problems. Nevertheless, sensitivity-based TO methods usually struggle with solving strongly nonlinear optimization problems. By…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-16 Jun Yang , Shintaro Yamasaki

Topology optimization is a critical task in engineering design, where the goal is to optimally distribute material in a given space for maximum performance. We introduce Neural Implicit Topology Optimization (NITO), a novel approach to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-08 Amin Heyrani Nobari , Giorgio Giannone , Lyle Regenwetter , Faez Ahmed

We introduce an efficient and scalable method for density-based multi-material topology optimization, integrating classical mirror descent techniques with point-wise polytopal design constraints. Such constraints arise naturally in this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Peter Gangl , Brendan Keith , Dohyun Kim , Boyan S. Lazarov , Thomas M. Surowiec

Python serves as an open-source and cost-effective alternative to the MATLAB programming language. This paper introduces a concise topology optimization Python code, named ``\texttt{PyHexTop}," primarily intended for educational purposes.…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Aditi Agarwal , Anupam Saxena , Prabhat Kumar