1. School of Mechatronics and Vehicle Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China;
2. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Equipment and Manufacturing Technique, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
Abstract:To satisfy manufacturing constraints and static strength requirements, a method for hybrid constrained topology optimization of compliant mechanisms considering both minimum length scale control and stress constraints. The improved solid isotropic material with penalization (SIMP) model is adopted to describe the material distribution. The two-phase projection method is applied to simultaneously achieve minimum length scale control on both solid and void phases. The P norm approach is used to calculate approximately the maximum value of the element stress. The maximization of the output displacement of the compliant mechanism is developed as the objective function. The minimum length scale control and the maximum stress are used as the constraints. The model for hybrid constrained topology optimization of compliant mechanisms is established. The method of moving asymptotes is used to solve the optimization problem. The results of several numerical examples show that the compliant mechanism obtained by hybrid constrained topology optimization can meet both manufacturing constraints and strength requirements, and the von Mises equivalent stresses are more uniformly distributed.
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