Level set based method for design of compliant mechanisms

Authors

  • François Jouve Laboratoire J.L. Lions (UMR 7598) Université Paris Diderot F-75252 Paris cedex 05
  • Houari Mechkour Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées (UMR 7641) Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/REMN.17.957-968

Keywords:

shape optimization, compliant mecanisms, level set

Abstract

In the context of structural optimization, we propose two natural extensions of the level set method for the design of compliant mechanisms. Two new objective functions are introduced, well suited to the automatic design of compliant mechanisms, and a strategy for the design of mechanisms adapted to multiple loads is proposed. This work is illustrated with several numericals examples.

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2008-07-26

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Jouve, F., & Mechkour, H. . (2008). Level set based method for design of compliant mechanisms. European Journal of Computational Mechanics, 17(5-7), 957–968. https://doi.org/10.13052/REMN.17.957-968

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