Topological design of structures using an evolutionary procedure

점진적 최적화 기법을 이용한 구조물의 위상 설계

The structural topology optimization presented in this paper is based on an evolutionary procedure, developed by Xie and Steven, in which the low stressed material of a structure is removed from the structure step-by-step until an optimal design is obtained. By appling this procedure a layout or topology of a structure can be found from a initial block of material. The purpose of this paper is to implement the evolutionary procedure, introduce some novel features and investigate its feasibility by studying a few examples.