An expected compliance model based on topology optimization for designing structures submitted to random loads

In this paper, we focus in developing a stochastic model for topology optimization. The principal objective of such a model is to find robust structures for a given main load having a stochastic behavior. In the first part, we present the expected compliance formulation and some results in topology...

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Authors: Carrasco, Miguel, Ivorra, Benjamín Pierre Paul, Lecaros, Rodrigo, Ramos Del Olmo, Ángel Manuel
Format: article
Publication Date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/44621
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44621
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:517.9
519.242.5
topology optimization
structural optimization
expected compliance model
finite element method.
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Summary:In this paper, we focus in developing a stochastic model for topology optimization. The principal objective of such a model is to find robust structures for a given main load having a stochastic behavior. In the first part, we present the expected compliance formulation and some results in topology optimization. Then, in order to illustrate the interest of our approach, we consider a preliminary 3D cantilever benchmark experiment and compare the obtained results with the one given by a single load approach.