A state-of-the-art review on types, design, optimization, and additive manufacturing of cellular structures

A Nazir, KM Abate, A Kumar, JY Jeng - The International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Cellular structures are made up of an interconnected network of plates, struts, or small unit
cells and acquire many unique benefits such as, high strength-to-weight ratio, excellent …

Challenges on optimization of 3D-printed bone scaffolds

M Bahraminasab - BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2020 - Springer
Advances in biomaterials and the need for patient-specific bone scaffolds require modern
manufacturing approaches in addition to a design strategy. Hybrid materials such as those …

A survey of structural and multidisciplinary continuum topology optimization: post 2000

JD Deaton, RV Grandhi - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2014 - Springer
Topology optimization is the process of determining the optimal layout of material and
connectivity inside a design domain. This paper surveys topology optimization of continuum …

Bridging topology optimization and additive manufacturing

T Zegard, GH Paulino - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2016 - Springer
Topology optimization is a technique that allows for increasingly efficient designs with
minimal a priori decisions. Because of the complexity and intricacy of the solutions obtained …

Design for additive manufacturing: A systematic review

A Alfaify, M Saleh, FM Abdullah, AM Al-Ahmari - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The last few decades have seen rapid growth in additive manufacturing (AM) technologies.
AM has implemented a novel method of production in design, manufacture, and delivery to …

Optimally‐tailored spinodal architected materials for multiscale design and manufacturing

FV Senhora, ED Sanders, GH Paulino - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Spinodal architected materials with tunable anisotropy unify optimal design and
manufacturing of multiscale structures. By locally varying the spinodal class, orientation, and …

Efficient design optimization of variable-density cellular structures for additive manufacturing: theory and experimental validation

L Cheng, P Zhang, E Biyikli, J Bai… - Rapid Prototyping …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to propose a homogenization-based topology
optimization method to optimize the design of variable-density cellular structure, in order to …

Topology optimization for metal additive manufacturing: current trends, challenges, and future outlook

O Ibhadode, Z Zhang, J Sixt, KM Nsiempba… - Virtual and Physical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Metal additive manufacturing is gaining immense research attention. Some of these
research efforts are associated with physics, statistical, or artificial intelligence-driven …

Mixed virtual element methods for general second order elliptic problems on polygonal meshes

L Beirão da Veiga, F Brezzi, LD Marini… - … Modelling and Numerical …, 2016 - numdam.org
In the present paper we introduce a Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the approximate
solution of general linear second order elliptic problems in mixed form, allowing for variable …

A review on the use of computational methods to characterize, design, and optimize tissue engineering scaffolds, with a potential in 3D printing fabrication

S Zhang, S Vijayavenkataraman… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The design and fabrication of tissue engineering scaffolds is a highly complex process. In
order to provide a proper architecture for cells to grow, proliferate, and differentiate to form …