Design of component structure in assemblies for simultaneously regulating contact pressure distribution and natural frequencies (Q2134352)

The general area of the paper is topology optimization for contact pressure scenarios. The presented method is developed to regulate contact pressure distribution and natural frequencies simultaneously, more precisely, to flatten the contact pressure distribution and increase the natural frequencies at the same time. Two alternative optimization forms based on the three-field solid isotropic material with penalization (SIMP) method are proposed where the finite element analysis is adopted and the contact behavior is described by the node-to-node contact theory. Verification of the algorithm is undertaken by case studies based on an elastic-to-elastic contact structure.