An alternative, geometric methodology for topology optimization, applied to nodes of free form space frame structures
Author(s): |
Ioannis Mirtsopoulos
Andrew Borgart |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017 |
Published in: | Interfaces: Architecture . Engineering . Science |
Year: | 2017 |
Abstract: | Dilation and distortion energies determined by the geometric transformation of all of the elements of a discretized volumetric domain are exploited in a a topology optimization methodology that aims to create optimized distribution of material throughout the domain of nodes of space frame structures |