Development of Shape Optimization System for General Structures

일반 구조물에 대한 형상 최적화 시스템의 개발

Growth-strain method was used for shape optimization of general structures. It was verified that the growth-strain method is very effective for shape optimization of solid structures in previous papers, but It could not provide reasonable optimized shape for structures with holes inside. The purpose of this study is to improve the growth-strain method for shape optimization of two- and three- dimensional structures. In order to improve, the problems occurred as the growth-strain method was applied to general structures were examined, and then the improved method was suggested. Finally, an automatic shape optimization system was built up by the improved growth-strain method with finite element method. The effectiveness and practicality of the developed shape optimization system was verified by some examples.