This paper presents a continuum-based approach for multi-objective topology optimization of multi-component structures. Objectives include minimization of compliance, weight and as cost of assembly and manufacturing. Decision variables are partitioned into two main groups: those pertaining to material allocation within a design domain (base topology problem), and those pertaining to decomposition of a monolithic structure into multiple components (joint allocation problem). Generally speaking, the two problems are coupled in the sense that the decomposition of an optimal monolithic structure is not always guaranteed to produce an optimal multi-component structure. However, for spot-welded sheet-metal structures (such as those often found in automotive applications), certain assumptions can be about the performance of a monolithic structure that favor the adoption of a two-stage approach that decouples the base topology and joint allocation problems. A multi-objective genetic algorithm (GA) is used throughout the studies in this paper. While the problem decoupling in two-stage approaches significantly reduces the size of the search space and allows better performance of the GA, the size of the search space can still be quite enormous in the second stage. To further improve the performance, we propose a new mutation operator based on decomposition templates and localized joints morphing. A cantilever-loaded structure is then used as a metric to study and compare various setups of single and two-stage GA approaches.
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ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 28–31, 2011
Washington, DC, USA
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- Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-5482-2
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Decomposition Templates and Joint Morphing Operators for Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Multi-Component Topology
Zebin Zhou,
Zebin Zhou
Donghua University, Shanghai, China
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Karim Hamza,
Karim Hamza
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Kazuhiro Saitou
Kazuhiro Saitou
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Zebin Zhou
Donghua University, Shanghai, China
Karim Hamza
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Kazuhiro Saitou
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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DETC2011-48572, pp. 43-54; 12 pages
Published Online:
June 12, 2012
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Zhou, Z, Hamza, K, & Saitou, K. "Decomposition Templates and Joint Morphing Operators for Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Multi-Component Topology." Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 5: 37th Design Automation Conference, Parts A and B. Washington, DC, USA. August 28–31, 2011. pp. 43-54. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2011-48572
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