Abstract

The velocity field level set method constructs the velocity field past velocity design variables and basis functions, and thus facilitates the use of general optimizers while still retaining the level set-based implicit topological representation. This newspaper incorporates the topological derivative concept into the velocity field level set method to enable automated nucleation of interior holes. In each design iteration, a specified book fraction of new holes is inserted at locations with smaller values of topological derivatives. Thus, the method provides a mode to directly change the structural topology during the boundary evolution using the velocity field based on the shape sensitivity. Compared with the original velocity field level set method, the electric current implementation can further accelerate the topological and shape evolution during the optimization process. More than importantly, the capability of hole nucleation eliminates the need of prescribing initial holes and thus alleviates the dependency of the optimized design on the initial pattern. Several numerical examples in both 2d and 3D design domains are presented to demonstrate the validity and efficiency of the proposed method.

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