Bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization on advanced structures and materials: a comprehensive review

L Xia, Q Xia, X Huang, YM Xie - Archives of Computational Methods in …, 2018 - Springer
The evolutionary structural optimization (ESO) method developed by Xie and Steven
(Comput Struct 49 (5): 885–896, 162), an important branch of topology optimization, has …

Rational designs of mechanical metamaterials: Formulations, architectures, tessellations and prospects

J Gao, X Cao, M Xiao, Z Yang, X Zhou, Y Li… - Materials Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Mechanical Metamaterials (MMs) are artificially designed structures with
extraordinary properties that are dependent on micro architectures and spatial tessellations …

Deep learning-based heterogeneous strategy for customizing responses of lattice structures

G Yu, L Xiao, W Song - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Designing lattice structures with tunable mechanical behavior for multi-functional
applications is of great significance. However, the inverse design of lattice structure for the …

Concurrent topology optimization of multiscale composite structures in Matlab

J Gao, Z Luo, L Xia, L Gao - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2019 - Springer
This paper presents the compact and efficient Matlab codes for the concurrent topology
optimization of multiscale composite structures not only in 2D scenario but also considering …

Topology optimization for concurrent design of structures with multi-patch microstructures by level sets

H Li, Z Luo, L Gao, Q Qin - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the novel concurrent design for cellular structures consisting of
multiple patches of material microstructures using a level set-based topological shape …

Concurrent design with connectable graded microstructures

Y Wang, F Chen, MY Wang - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel multiscale concurrent design method to provide insight into the
optimal structural design based on micro-architectures, where both the spatially-varying …

Multiscale topology optimization for minimizing frequency responses of cellular composites with connectable graded microstructures

Y Zhang, M Xiao, L Gao, J Gao, H Li - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper develops an efficient multiscale topology optimization method for minimizing the
frequency response of cellular composites over a given frequency interval, which consist of …

A novel lattice structure topology optimization method with extreme anisotropic lattice properties

C Zhang, J Liu, Z Yuan, S Xu, B Zou… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This research presents a lattice structure topology optimization (LSTO) method that
significantly expands the design space by creating a novel candidate lattice that assesses …

Design of lattice structures with direct multiscale topology optimization

VN Hoang, P Tran, VT Vu, H Nguyen-Xuan - Composite Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The structure of latticed/cellular materials is often designed with the lack of information about
macro-material. Material information of each macro-element is realized by reducing the …

Design of shell-infill structures by a multiscale level set topology optimization method

J Fu, H Li, L Gao, M Xiao - Computers & Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Shell-infill structures are widely used in additive manufacturing (AM) to retain the external
appearance and reduce the printing costs. However, shell-infill structures are generally …