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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

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

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…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Ren Kai Tan , Chao Qian , Dan Xu , Wenjing Ye

Robust topology optimization (RTO), as a class of topology optimization problems, identifies a design with the best average performance while reducing the response sensitivity to input uncertainties, e.g. load uncertainty. Solving RTO is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Rini Jasmine Gladstone , Mohammad Amin Nabian , Vahid Keshavarzzadeh , Hadi Meidani

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

Engineers learn from every design they create, building intuition that helps them quickly identify promising solutions for new problems. Topology optimization (TO) - a well-established computational method for designing structures with…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-02-05 Igor Kuszczak , Gawel Kus , Federico Bosi , Miguel A. Bessa

Topology optimization is used for the design of high-performance structures but remains fundamentally limited by its iterative nature, requiring repeated finite element analyses that prevent real-time deployment and large-scale design…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Aaron Lutheran , Srijan Das , Alireza Tabarraei

To facilitate widespread adoption of automated engineering design techniques, existing methods must become more efficient and generalizable. In the field of topology optimization, this requires the coupling of modern optimization methods…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Connor N. Mallon , Aaron W. Thornton , Matthew R. Hill , Santiago Badia

Presently, topology optimization requires multiple iterations to create an optimized structure for given conditions. Among the conditions for topology optimization,the design area is one of the most important for structural design. In this…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Keigo Nakamura , Yoshiro Suzuki

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

In this study, we propose a novel deep learning-based method to predict an optimized structure for a given boundary condition and optimization setting without using any iterative scheme. For this purpose, first, using open-source topology…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-30 Yonggyun Yu , Taeil Hur , Jaeho Jung , In Gwun Jang

Despite topology optimization producing high-performance structures, late-stage localized revisions remain brittle: direct density-space edits (e.g., warping pixels, inserting holes, swapping infill) can sever load paths and sharply degrade…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Hongrui Chen , Josephine V. Carstensen , Faez Ahmed

Deep topological data analysis (TDA) offers a principled framework for capturing structural invariants such as connectivity and cycles that persist across scales, making it a natural fit for anomaly segmentation (AS). Unlike thresholdbased…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Ali Zia , Usman Ali , Umer Ramzan , Abdul Rehman , Abdelwahed Khamis , Wei Xiang

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

Topology Optimization (TO), which maximizes structural robustness under material weight constraints, is becoming an essential step for the automatic design of mechanical parts. However, existing TO algorithms use the Finite Element Analysis…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-04-14 Zherong Pan , Xifeng Gao , Kui Wu

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.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-30 Alex Halle , L. Flavio Campanile , Alexander Hasse

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

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

Topology optimization (TO) is a method of deriving an optimal design that satisfies a given load and boundary conditions within a design domain. This method enables effective design without initial design, but has been limited in use due to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Seungyeon Shin , Dongju Shin , Namwoo Kang

In this paper, we propose a topology optimization (TO) framework where the design is parameterized by a set of convex polygons. Extending feature mapping methods in TO, the representation allows for direct extraction of the geometry. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-09 Aaditya Chandrasekhar
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