VoroTO: Multiscale Topology Optimization of Voronoi Structures using Surrogate Neural Networks
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| author | Padhy, Rahul Kumar Suresh, Krishnan Chandrasekhar, Aaditya |
| author_facet | Padhy, Rahul Kumar Suresh, Krishnan Chandrasekhar, Aaditya |
| contents | Cellular structures found in nature exhibit remarkable properties such as high strength, high energy absorption, excellent thermal/acoustic insulation, and fluid transfusion. Many of these structures are Voronoi-like; therefore researchers have proposed Voronoi multi-scale designs for a wide variety of engineering applications. However, designing such structures can be computationally prohibitive due to the multi-scale nature of the underlying analysis and optimization. In this work, we propose the use of a neural network (NN) to carry out efficient topology optimization (TO) of multi-scale Voronoi structures. The NN is first trained using Voronoi parameters (cell site locations, thickness, orientation, and anisotropy) to predict the homogenized constitutive properties. This network is then integrated into a conventional TO framework to minimize structural compliance subject to a volume constraint. Special considerations are given for ensuring positive definiteness of the constitutive matrix and promoting macroscale connectivity. Several numerical examples are provided to showcase the proposed method. |
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| spellingShingle | VoroTO: Multiscale Topology Optimization of Voronoi Structures using Surrogate Neural Networks Padhy, Rahul Kumar Suresh, Krishnan Chandrasekhar, Aaditya Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science Numerical Analysis Cellular structures found in nature exhibit remarkable properties such as high strength, high energy absorption, excellent thermal/acoustic insulation, and fluid transfusion. Many of these structures are Voronoi-like; therefore researchers have proposed Voronoi multi-scale designs for a wide variety of engineering applications. However, designing such structures can be computationally prohibitive due to the multi-scale nature of the underlying analysis and optimization. In this work, we propose the use of a neural network (NN) to carry out efficient topology optimization (TO) of multi-scale Voronoi structures. The NN is first trained using Voronoi parameters (cell site locations, thickness, orientation, and anisotropy) to predict the homogenized constitutive properties. This network is then integrated into a conventional TO framework to minimize structural compliance subject to a volume constraint. Special considerations are given for ensuring positive definiteness of the constitutive matrix and promoting macroscale connectivity. Several numerical examples are provided to showcase the proposed method. |
| title | VoroTO: Multiscale Topology Optimization of Voronoi Structures using Surrogate Neural Networks |
| topic | Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science Numerical Analysis |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.18300 |