Variational methods for structural optimization
\(G\)-closureconductivity of inhomogneous mediumdual variational principleelastic structureshomogenization procedureisotropic compositesmaximal conductivitymin-max problemmulti-material compositesnecessary conditionsnon-convex integrandnon-convex Lagrangiansoptimal shapes of cavitiesoptimization of non-energetic functionsquasiconvex envelopequasiconvexityrelaxationstructures of extreme stiffnessWeierstrass test
Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids (74-02) Composite and mixture properties (74E30) Optimization problems in solid mechanics (74Pxx) Homogenization in equilibrium problems of solid mechanics (74Q05) Bounds on effective properties in solid mechanics (74Q20)
An applied problem of composition of different materials with the aim to achieve the required properties of a body is formulated as a variational problem of structural optimization, i.e. as a problem of optimization of an integral functional with respect to boundary conditions. Such variational problems normally are non-convex and multidimensional. Recently, special mathematical methods were developed to attack these difficult problems. The book intends to close a gap between theoretical achievements in multidimensional non-convex variational calculus and practical methods of structural design. The book is divided into 5 parts and 17 chapters. The introductory material necessary to analyze the above problems is presented in part 1. Here the author gives a brief review of one-dimensional variational problems, including chattering controls, Weierstrass test, convex envelopes of non-convex Lagrangians, and relaxation. A model of conducting composites is presented by describing conductivity of an inhomogeneous medium, differential constraints and potentials for fields and currents, and jump conditions on boundaries between different materials. Then a dual variational principle is introduced, homogenization procedure is proposed, and \(G\)-closure problem is discussed. Part 2 (``Optimization of conducting composites) covers optimal design problems for two-component conducting body of maximal conductivity, and stationary conductivity problem. Different approaches are developed which lead to similar results. In part 3 (``Quasiconvexity and relaxation) the author considers the multidimensional variational problem with non-convex integrand. The quasiconvex envelope is constructed to justify the relaxation procedure, and a technique based on necessary conditions is developed. Part 4 is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of \(G\)-closures and to their applications to optimal design of different structures including multi-material composites. A special case of \(G\)-closures appearing in the study of linear processes in dissipative media is discussed. The last part of the book (``Optimization of elastic structures) deals with, seemingly, most difficult optimal design problems. The author presents here the equations and variational principles for elasticity of inhomogeneous media and considers the problem of minimization of the compliance of an elastic body, including structures of extreme stiffness and optimal shapes of cavities. The results on bounds of improvement in properties of a composite (e.g., isotropic composites of two isotropic materials) due to variation of its structure are reviewed. The author formulates several new problems of structural optimization, including optimization of non-energetic functions and min-max problem appearing in the case of unknown loading.
- Multiphase laminates of extremal effective conductivity in two dimensions
- Relaxation of three solenoidal wells and characterization of extremal three-phase \(H\)-measures
- Relaxation of problems of optimal structural design
- Constrained inverse formulations in random material design.
- Structural optimization using sensitivity analysis and a level-set method.
- Constrained quasiconvexity and structural optimization
- Optimal design problems for two-phase conducting composites with weakly discontinuous objective functionals
- A level-set method for shape optimization.
- Phase transformations surfaces and exact energy lower bounds
- Optimal three-material wheel assemblage of conducting and elastic composites
- Structural topology optimization with strength and heat conduction constraints
- Stabilized FEM for some optimal design problem
- Optimum Young's modulus of a homogeneous cylinder energetically equivalent to a functionally graded cylinder
- A computational method for an optimal design problem in uniform torsion under local stress constraints
- Optimization of the principal eigenvalue for elliptic operators
- On the extreme rays of the cone of \(3\times 3\) quasiconvex quadratic forms: extremal determinants versus extremal and polyconvex forms
- A note on the extreme points of the cone of quasiconvex quadratic forms with orthotropic symmetry
- Near optimal pentamodes as a tool for guiding stress while minimizing compliance in \(3d\)-printed materials: a complete solution to the weak \(G\)-closure problem for \(3d\)-printed materials
- On equilibrium two-phase microstructures at plane strain
- Phase mean strain and stress estimates in possibly multi-continuous composites under affine elastic-like behavior
- Quasi-static brittle damage evolution in elastic materials with multiple damaged states
- Shape and topology optimization based on the phase field method and sensitivity analysis
- Topology optimization for thermal conductors considering design-dependent effects, including heat conduction and convection
- A direct algorithm for constrained variational problems in several dimensions
- Exact relations for Green's functions in linear PDE and boundary field equalities: a generalization of conservation laws
- Optimal design in elasticity: a systematic adjoint approach to boundary cost functionals
- A differential approach to microstructure-dependent bounds for multiphase heterogeneous media
- Design of functionally graded piezocomposites using topology optimization and homogenization -- toward effective energy harvesting materials
- The total creep of viscoelastic composites under hydrostatic or antiplane loading
- Procedures for construction of anisotropic elastic-plastic property closures for face-centered cubic polycrystals using first-order bounding relations
- Optimization of composite structures subject to local stress constraints
- A convergent adaptive finite element method for an optimal design problem
- The relaxation of two-well energies with possibly unequal moduli
- Relaxation of an optimal design problem for the heat equation
- A level-set method for vibration and multiple loads structural optimization
- Guaranteed upper-lower bounds on homogenized properties by FFT-based Galerkin method
- Sandwich plates of minimal compliance
- Homogenization in probabilistic terms: the variational principle and some approximate solutions
- Legendre-Hadamard conditions for two-phase configurations
- Elastic textures for additive fabrication
- Approaches to nonconvex variational problems of mechanics
- Robust optimal shape design for an elliptic PDE with uncertainty in its input data
- Shape optimization approach based on the extended finite element method
- On an optimal shape design problem in conduction
- A complete characterization of invariant jointly rank-rconvex quadratic forms and applications to composite materials
- Optimal design in small amplitude homogenization
- New Results on the Poisson Ratio Behavior in Matrix-Inclusion Planar Composites
- On homogenization of activated laminates in 1D-space and time
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- Marginal material stability
- Optimal design of periodic functionally graded composites with prescribed properties
- Optimal topologies derived from a phase-field method
- \texttt{PolyTop}: a Matlab implementation of a general topology optimization framework using unstructured polygonal finite element meshes
- On the comparison of material interpolation schemes and optimal composite properties in plane shape optimization
- Slope constrained material design
- On minimum compliance problems of thin elastic plates of varying thickness
- Optimal design of steel frames accounting for buckling
- A material optimization model to approximate energy bounds for cellular materials under multiload conditions
- Detecting stress fields in an optimal structure. I. Two-dimensional case and analyzer
- Detecting stress fields in an optimal structure. II. Three-dimensional case
- Univalentσ-harmonic mappings: applications to composites
- Design-dependent loads in topology optimization
- Optimality conditions for semilinear hyperbolic equations with controls in coefficients
- Optimal shape design for minimum Lagrangian
- Universal bounds on the electrical and elastic response of two-phase bodies and their application to bounding the volume fraction from boundary measurements
- Material microstructure optimization for linear elastodynamic energy wave management
- Analysis of microstructures and phase transition phenomena in one-dimensional, non-linear elasticity by convex optimization
- Optimal design of composite structures for strength and stiffness: an inverse homogenization approach
- On two formulations of an optimal insulation problem
- Approximating the effective tensor as a function of the component tensors in two-dimensional composites of two anisotropic phases
- A new route to finding bounds on the generalized spectrum of many physical operators
- Convergence relative to a microstructure: properties, optimal bounds and application
- Optimization of bodies with locally periodic microstructure by varying the periodicity pattern
- Optimal structural design. Contact problems and high-speed penetration
- Gradient-based two-scale topology optimization with B-splines on sparse grids
- The homogenization method for topology optimization of structures: old and new
- Nonconforming FEMs for an optimal design problem
- Weak limits in nonlinear conductivity
- Multiple development of new phase inclusions in elastic solids
- Improved bounds for composites and rigidity of gradient fields
- Shape and topology optimization of the robust complianceviathe level set method
- Is it wise to keep laminating?
- Invisibility and inverse problems
- Optimal control of an elastically connected rectangular plate--membrane system
- Microstructure-sensitive design of a compliant beam
- On some variational problems involving volume and surface energies
- Explicit and efficient error estimation for convex minimization problems
- An effective phase field method for topology optimization without the curvature effects
- An Extremal Problem Arising in the Dynamics of Two‐Phase Materials That Directly Reveals Information about the Internal Geometry
- High-order Contrast Bounds for Piezoelectric Constants of Two-phase Fibrous Composites
- On the Optimal Conductivity of Packed Two-Dimensional Dispersed Composites
- Two-Scale Elastic Shape Optimization for Additive Manufacturing
- Sparse basis pursuit for compliance minimization in the vanishing volume ratio limit
- The variational principle for probabilistic measure and Hashin-Shtrikman bounds
- The free material design problem for the stationary heat equation on low dimensional structure
- Nonlocal Basis Pursuit: Nonlocal Optimal Design of Conductive Domains in the Vanishing Material Limit
- The stiffest designs of elastic plates: vector optimization for two loading conditions
- A topology optimization method based on the level set method incorporating a fictitious interface energy
- Sharp bounds on the volume fractions of two materials in a two-dimensional body from electrical boundary measurements: the translation method
- On the influence of Poisson's ratio on phase transformations limiting surfaces
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