Manufacturing-oriented topology optimization has been extensively studied the past two
decades, in particular for the conventional manufacturing methods, for example, machining …

In the last few years, utilizing fiber reinforced additive manufacturing (FRAM)-based
components in several industries has become quite popular. Compared to conventional AM …

Inspired by natural cellular materials such as trabecular bone, lattice structures have been
developed as a new type of lightweight material. In this paper we present a novel method to …

Optimization techniques developed for additive manufacturing (AM) to maximize the
structural stiffness of printed parts are often computationally expensive reformulations of …

With the increasing application of additive manufacturing (AM) in the industry, more attention
has been paid to the performance of the additively manufactured part. How to maximize the …

The revolution of additive manufacturing (AM) has led to many opportunities in fabricating
complex and novel products. The increase of printable materials and the emergence of …

Replacing solid structures with lattice structure is a way enabled by additive manufacturing
(AM) to realize part lightweight design. Conventional design optimization method based on …

Material extrusion technologies have been extending the frontier of manufacturing
technologies due to their high flexibility and low cost. Several studies have fulfilled …

Topology optimization (TO) has rapidly evolved from an academic exercise into an exciting
discipline with numerous industrial applications. Various TO algorithms have been …

Additive manufacturing (AM) has been widely used in many different areas due to its unique
advantages, such as the possibility of creating complex shapes, no specific tools required …