Efficient Combination of Topology and Parameter Optimization

Yusheng Lin, Zheng Sun, Alexandru Dadalau, Alexander Verl

Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.

DOI: 10.4236/ojop.2014.33003                

Abstract

This paper presents a combination method of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and topology optimization. With this method a better result can be achieved compared with the sequential application of these two optimization methods. It inherits the ability in finding global optimum from PSO and also suits for discretized design domain. Some special schemes are used in order to provide higher computation efficiency. This method has only been tested with a convex optimization problem. The application in case of a concave problem will be a future study.

Keywords

Topology Optimization, Parameter Optimization, Combination Optimization, PSO, Structure Design

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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