Butterworth-Heinemann Modeling, Solving and Application for Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures: ICM Method Based on Step Function

Modelling, Solving and Applications for Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures: Icm Method Based on Step Function provides an introduction to the history of structural optimization, along with a summary of the existing state-of-the-art research on topology optimization of continuum structures. It systematically introduces basic concepts and principles of Icm method, also including modeling and solutions to complex engineering problems with different constraints and boundary conditions. The book features many numerical examples that are solved by the Icm method, helping researchers and engineers solve their own problems on topology optimization. This valuable reference is ideal for researchers in structural optimization design, teachers and students in colleges and universities working, and majoring in, related engineering fields, and structural engineers. Review Provides a systematic and integrated account of topology optimization of structures using the ICM method, covering theories, methods, solutions and applications From the Back Cover Modeling, Solving and Application for Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures: ICM Method Based on Step Function provides an introduction to the history of structural optimization, and a summary of the state-of-the-art research on the topology optimization of continuum structures. This book then systematically introduces the basic concepts and principles of the ICM (Independent Continuous and Mapping) method as applied to structural topology optimization and offers modeling and solutions to complex engineering problems with different constraints and boundary conditions. The book also provides applications of ICM to most current research trends in the field of topology optimization as well as a range of applications in computational solid mechanics. Modeling, Solving and Application for Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures enables researchers and engineers in aerospace, automobile, ship, civil engineering, water conservation, transportation, light industry, and so on, to solve their own problems on topology optimization and achieve a better balance between economy and safety in preliminary design. Key Features Covers static and dynamic topology optimization with different performance constraints, and considers not only single but also multiple load cases Centers on the basic concepts, theory and application of ICM method in various situations and offers the introduction of algorithm and flowchart to makes programming easier Offers validations and illustrations of a large number of numerical examples and engineering projects to facilitate the applications of ICM method in different engineering fields About the Author Professor, College of mechanical engineering and applied electronics technology in the Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China. His research fields are structural-multidisciplinary optimization, computational mechanics and applied mathematical programming. One of his main contributions is the proposition of ICM (Independent Continuous and Mapping) Method for Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures e is member of ISSMO (International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization), the vice chairman of Beijing society of mechanics and the deputy editor in chief of Journal Engineering Mechanics. He has presided over many projects supported by Natural Science Foundation of China and industrial fields. He has published more than 400 papers, 6 academic monographs and obtained more than 40 software copyrights. He won 4 science awards including the second-class national award in natural sciences of China and the third-class national science and technology progress award.