TY - JOUR
T1 - Aboudi micromechanical model for topology design of structures
AU - Fuchs, M. B.
AU - Paley, M.
AU - Miroshny, E.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The micromechanical approach to topology design consists of defining a domain of porous material, including the loads and supports, and finding an optimal distribution of the densities. The usual method is to mesh the structure and assign a different density and material orientation to every element. Optimal topologies emerge when using the densities and orientations as design variables in a mathematical programming formulation in conjunction with a finite element analysis program. This paper presents the Aboudi method of cells, an analytical method to compute the elastic properties of composite material, and applies it to determine the mechanical properties of porous material as a function of the density of material. It is shown that the results are similar to those obtained by special finite element analysis set up to compute the elasticity matrix. The procedure is visualized on simple cantilever design problems and used within the content of a stress-ratio redesign scheme.
AB - The micromechanical approach to topology design consists of defining a domain of porous material, including the loads and supports, and finding an optimal distribution of the densities. The usual method is to mesh the structure and assign a different density and material orientation to every element. Optimal topologies emerge when using the densities and orientations as design variables in a mathematical programming formulation in conjunction with a finite element analysis program. This paper presents the Aboudi method of cells, an analytical method to compute the elastic properties of composite material, and applies it to determine the mechanical properties of porous material as a function of the density of material. It is shown that the results are similar to those obtained by special finite element analysis set up to compute the elasticity matrix. The procedure is visualized on simple cantilever design problems and used within the content of a stress-ratio redesign scheme.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0045-7949(98)00260-0
DO - 10.1016/S0045-7949(98)00260-0
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AN - SCOPUS:0033208079
SN - 0045-7949
VL - 73
SP - 355
EP - 362
JO - Computers and Structures
JF - Computers and Structures
IS - 1-5
ER -