A multi-volume constraint approach to diverse form designs from topology optimization

X Yan, Y Xiong, DW Bao, YM Xie, X Peng - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Topology optimization methods gain extensive attention from many engineering fields for
their capacities of meeting the diverse requirements of structural performances and …

Differentiable channel design for enhancing manufacturability of enclosed cavities

J Yang, J Hu, S Wang, N Lei, Z Luo - Computer-Aided Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Hollowing is a simple and effective method for achieving light-weighting by removing interior
volume while maintaining the external shape of the model. However, the enclosed cavities …

Top-down shape abstraction based on greedy pole selection

Z Dou, S Xin, R Xu, J Xu, Y Zhou… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motivated by the fact that the medial axis transform is able to encode the shape completely,
we propose to use as few medial balls as possible to approximate the original enclosed …

[PDF][PDF] Continuous Representation based Internal Self-supporting Structure via Ellipsoid Hollowing for 3D Printing

S Wang, J Yang, J Hu, N Lei, Z Luo, L Liu - 2024 - diglib.eg.org
Hollowing is an effective way to achieve lightweight objectives by removing material from the
interior volume while maintaining feasible mechanical properties. However, hollowed …