In recent decades additive manufacturing (AM) has evolved from a prototyping to a
production technology. It is used to produce end-use-parts for medical, aerospace …

Advances in the multi-material additive manufacturing promote a new opportunity for
developing metamaterials integrating complex functionalities, especially the metamaterial …

With the fast development of additive manufacturing technology, topology optimization
involving multiple materials has received ever increasing attention. Traditionally, this kind of …

This paper proposes a topology optimization method that is capable of simultaneous design
for structural topology, stiff material (ie fiber) layout, and its orientations in functionally …

With the availability of multi-material additive manufacturing, topology optimization of a multi-
material structure and the selection of candidate materials become increasingly important …

A novel multi-resolution scheme to perform the multi-material topology optimization in the
framework of isogeometric analysis (IGA) is proposed. To create high resolution optimized …

Flexible grippers with superior gripping capabilities are essential for carrying objects.
Herein, an origami chomper‐based flexible gripper is designed using a combination of the …

A novel method is proposed to optimize the topology of composite structures made of more
than two materials with different mechanical properties in tension and compression. In this …

Large craniofacial defects require efficient bone replacements which should not only provide
good aesthetics but also possess stable structural function. The proposed work uses a novel …

A framework is presented for multi-material compliance minimization in the context of
continuum based topology optimization. We adopt the common approach of finding an …