A sequential element rejection and admission (SERA) topology optimization code written in Matlab
Loyola, RA, Querin, OM, Jiménez, AG et al. (1 more author)
(2018)
A sequential element rejection and admission (SERA) topology optimization code written in Matlab.
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 58 (3).
pp. 1297-1310.
ISSN 1615-147X
Abstract
This paper presents the Matlab implementation of the Sequential Element Rejection and Admission (SERA) method for topology optimization of structures and compliant mechanisms. The lines comprising this code include definition of design domain, finite element analysis, sensitivity analysis, mesh-independency filter, optimization algorithm and display of results. Extensions and changes in the algorithm are also included in order to solve multiple load cases, active and passive elements and compliant mechanisms design. The code is intended for educational purposes and introduces an alternative approach to traditional structural topology optimization algorithms. The complete code is provided in the Appendix.
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Item Type:
Article
Authors/Creators:
Loyola, RA
Querin, OM
Jiménez, AG
Gordoa, CA
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:
(c) The Author(s) 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Keywords:
Topology optimization; SERA method; Matlab; Compliant mechanisms
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