PEIECWISE CONSTANT LEVEL SET METHOD BASED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION USING PHASE FIELD METHOD

In this paper the piecewise level set method is combined with phase field method to solve the shape and topology optimization problem. First, the optimization problem is formed based on piecewise constant level set method then is updated using the energy term of phase field equations. The resulting diffusion equation which updates the level set function and optimization problem is solved through finite element method. The proposed method enhances the convergence rate and solution efficiency. Various two-dimensional examples are solved to verify the performance of proposed method.

Keywords:

topology optimization , level set method , phase field method , piecewise constant level set method , finite element method.