A new generation 99 line Matlab code for compliance topology optimization and its extension to 3D

Compact and efficient Matlab implementations of compliance topology optimization (TO) for 2D and 3D continua are given, consisting of 99 and 125 lines respectively. On discretizations ranging from 3 ⋅ 10 4 to 4.8 ⋅ 10 5 elements, the 2D version, named top99neo, shows speedups from 2.55 to 5.5 times...

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Published in:Structural and multidisciplinary optimization Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 2211 - 2228
Main Authors: Ferrari, Federico, Sigmund, Ole
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2020
Subjects:
Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis
Educational Paper
Engineering
Engineering Design
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Topology optimization
Acceleration methods
Computational efficiency
Matlab
ISSN:1615-147X, 1615-1488
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Summary:Compact and efficient Matlab implementations of compliance topology optimization (TO) for 2D and 3D continua are given, consisting of 99 and 125 lines respectively. On discretizations ranging from 3 ⋅ 10 4 to 4.8 ⋅ 10 5 elements, the 2D version, named top99neo, shows speedups from 2.55 to 5.5 times compared to the well-known top88 code of Andreassen et al. (Struct Multidiscip Optim 43(1):1–16, 2011 ). The 3D version, named top3D125, is the most compact and efficient Matlab implementation for 3D TO to date, showing a speedup of 1.9 times compared to the code of Amir et al. (Struct Multidiscip Optim 49(5):815–829, 2014 ), on a discretization with 2.2 ⋅ 10 5 elements. For both codes, improvements are due to much more efficient procedures for the assembly and implementation of filters and shortcuts in the design update step. The use of an acceleration strategy, yielding major cuts in the overall computational time, is also discussed, stressing its easy integration within the basic codes.
ISSN:1615-147X
1615-1488
DOI:10.1007/s00158-020-02629-w