基于设计空间调整的结构拓扑优化方法

提出了一种基于设计空间调整的结构拓扑优化方法,以求解有限元网格规模大的问题,且获得0/1拓扑解. 首先, 借鉴有理分式材料模型, 建立了材料刚度性质与拓扑变量的关系. 为了解决分析计算量大和需要解释得到的材料分布等问题,给出了一种不影响数学规划求解算法收敛特性的设计空间调整手段. 其次,当优化迭代求解接近结构最佳拓扑邻域后,采用了加速收敛求解的策略,并给出了一种加速收敛的启发式算法. 然后, 结合基于倒设计变量的位移函数的非完整二阶近似式,建立了一种基于设计空间调整的结构拓扑优化算法. 该方法能获得较好0--1分布特征的优化拓扑,能较好地处理多载荷和多约束的结构拓扑优化问题. 给出的算例表明通过结构分析模型规模的减小和传统的位移迭代求解法的采用,方法效率明显提高. 算例验证了该方法的正确性和有效性.      

连续纤维增强复合材料结构基频最大化设计

与传统的金属材料相比, 纤维增强复合材料在强度、刚度、抗断裂等诸多方面具备更优良的性能, 目前纤维增强复合材料已在汽车、航空航天等工业领域得到了广泛应用. 本文提出一种求解连续纤维增强复合材料结构无阻尼自由振动下的基频最大化问题的拓扑优化方法. 为了实现结构拓扑构型与纤维角度的同步优化, 建立了以准许的材料用量体积分数为约束、以结构的一阶特征值为目标函数的动力学拓扑优化模型, 该模型包括表征结构拓扑构型的密度设计变量和表征纤维方向的角度设计变量. 详细推导了特征值目标函数关于密度设计变量和角度设计变量的解析灵敏度列式, 并采用移动渐进线方法 (method of moving asymptotes, MMA) 进行了优化求解; 最后通过3个数值算例验证本文方法的有效性, 其中包括一个以刚度最大化为目标的静力学优化算例, 和两个以一阶特征值为目标的动力学优化算例. 结果表明, 所提方法优化迭代过程稳健, 收敛快, 能够在实现结构拓扑构型与纤维角度的一体化优化的同时, 有效提高结构的频率.      

基于深度学习的跨分辨率结构拓扑优化设计方法

在传统拓扑优化设计中,随着结构单元增加,迭代计算过程消耗了大量的时间.本文提出了一种基于深度学习的方法来加速拓扑优化设计过程,缩短了结构拓扑优化设计的迭代过程,并生成了高分辨率拓扑优化结构.利用深度学习方法,在低分辨率中间构型与高分辨率拓扑构型之间创建高维映射关系,利用独立、连续和映射(ICM)方法建立深度学习网络所需要的数据集,训练神经网络以实现加速过程,将结构拓扑优化设计问题转化为图像处理中的风格迁移问题.通过引入条件生成对抗式神经网络CGAN (Conditional Generative and Adversar-ial Network)解决了跨分辨率拓扑优化问题,实验验证了优化过程效率的提高,该方法具有良好的泛化性能,研究模型在其他结构优化设计中具有可推广性.     

FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY MAXIMIZATION DESIGN FOR CONTINUOUS FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES 1)

与传统的金属材料相比, 纤维增强复合材料在强度、刚度、抗断裂等诸多方面具备更优良的性能, 目前纤维增强复合材料已在汽车、航空航天等工业领域得到了广泛应用. 本文提出一种求解连续纤维增强复合材料结构无阻尼自由振动下的基频最大化问题的拓扑优化方法. 为了实现结构拓扑构型与纤维角度的同步优化, 建立了以准许的材料用量体积分数为约束、以结构的一阶特征值为目标函数的动力学拓扑优化模型, 该模型包括表征结构拓扑构型的密度设计变量和表征纤维方向的角度设计变量. 详细推导了特征值目标函数关于密度设计变量和角度设计变量的解析灵敏度列式, 并采用移动渐进线方法 (method of moving asymptotes, MMA) 进行了优化求解; 最后通过3个数值算例验证本文方法的有效性, 其中包括一个以刚度最大化为目标的静力学优化算例, 和两个以一阶特征值为目标的动力学优化算例. 结果表明, 所提方法优化迭代过程稳健, 收敛快, 能够在实现结构拓扑构型与纤维角度的一体化优化的同时, 有效提高结构的频率.     

结构构型与结构间连接方式协同优化设计

通常的结构拓扑优化是在给定外部作用下的构型设计. 然而对于复杂结构,各部件由连接构件相连并通过它传递外部作用,所以连接方式影响部件承受载荷的分布,即连接构件的布局对部件的最优构型有重要影响. 研究结构部件构型与部件之间连接方式的协同优化问题,在连接区域引入一种特殊的材料模型,以材料的分布描述连接方式. 将承力结构与连接构件域的材料密度同时作为设计变量,提出了一种基于拓扑优化思想的连接方式与结构拓扑优化协同设计的优化模型和相应的求解方法. 给出的算例证明了这种设计方法与优化策略的有效性.      

薄壁结构多层级并发加筋拓扑优化研究

新一代航天装备的主承力薄壁舱段在追求极致轻量化的同时,还具有更高的刚度和抗屈曲等设计指标.传统结构形式和设计方法难以满足轻质高承载的设计要求.为此,本文提出了一种薄壁结构多层级并发加筋拓扑优化方法,通过构建主层级稀疏加筋和次层级密集点阵增强结构整体和局部力学性能,扩展结构设计空间,有效提升材料利用率.其中,主层级加筋布局通过变密度拓扑优化方法获得,次层级点阵构型通过基于改进的渐进均匀化方法提出的两种设计方法获得,并基于材料插值模型,建立了多层级并发加筋拓扑优化框架,实现在一次拓扑优化求解中同时获得主层级加筋布局和次层级单胞拓扑构型.基于上述方法,本文分别给出了考虑结构刚度和稳定性设计需求的优化算例,并与传统单层级加筋拓扑优化进行了对比.结果 表明,多层级并发加筋方法可以根据承载边界和设计目标寻找优化的结构形式,且在相同质量下,其优化构型相比传统单层级拓扑优化结果表现出更高的承载性能,证明了本方法在薄壁结构设计上的优势.     

基于拓扑与形状优化的小型化金属天线设计方法

天线小型化设计需要基于先进的设计方法,基于拓扑优化的设计往往存在灰度单元,因此设计结果无法直接应用,需要进一步规整设计。而对于电磁金属结构,粗糙的规整方法会引起结构性能的很大变化以致偏离最优结果。提出一种拓扑优化和形状优化相结合的方法,用于金属天线结构的小型化设计。该方法通过拓扑优化获得金属天线结构的概念构型,进而利用形状优化对概念构型进行边界规整和精细化设计。形状优化方法采用多控制点贝塞尔曲线描述拓扑概念构型,通过贝塞尔曲线控制点的移动实现天线构型的调控。给出了贝塞尔曲线控制点的设置原则,基于拓扑优化得到场量分布结果,利用较少的贝塞尔曲线控制点实现天线拓扑构型结构特征的有效调控。该方法可以获得无灰度单元残留的拓扑结果,同时可有效避免密度阈值规整方法中天线性能改变的问题,并且获得的拓扑构型边界光滑。数值算例表明拓扑优化和形状优化相结合方法的有效性。此外,该方法可拓展到其他类型电磁器件的优化设计中。     

考虑微结构连接性的双尺度结构自然频率拓扑优化

多孔材料因具有轻量化、高孔隙率和减振/散热等优良多物理特性,在航空航天等领域具有广阔应用前景。采用拓扑优化方法对含多种多孔材料的结构进行结构与材料微结构构型一体化设计,有助于获得具有优良力学性能的结构设计。然而,传统逆均匀化微结构设计方法无法确保不同多孔材料微结构之间的连接性,设计结果不具备可制造性。本文面向含多种多孔材料的双尺度结构基频最大化设计问题,考虑不同微结构之间的连接性,协同设计多孔材料的微结构构型及其在宏观尺度下的布局。采用均匀化方法计算多孔材料的宏观等效力学性能,通过对不同多孔材料微结构单胞的边界区域采用相同的拓扑描述确保双尺度优化过程中任意空间排布下不同微结构的连接性,并通过优化算法确定微结构间的连接形式及微结构拓扑。在宏观尺度,提出结合离散材料插值模型和RAMP插值模型RAMP (Rational Approximation of Material Properties)的多孔材料各向异性宏观等效刚度及质量插值模型,获得清晰的多孔材料宏观尺度布局并减轻优化过程中伪振动模态的影响。建立以双尺度结构基频最大化为目标,以材料用量为约束的优化列式,推导灵敏度表达式,并基于梯度优化算法求解双尺度结构拓扑优化问题。数值算例表明,采用本文优化方法能够有效确保基频最大化双尺度结构设计中不同多孔材料微结构之间的连接性,增强优化设计结果的可制造性。     

基于拓扑优化的自发热体冷却用植入式导热路径设计方法

对于具有较低导热系数和较高生热率的热源材料(自发热体),通过优化植入内部的高导热材料的布局以降低内部温度,是实现自发热体冷却的重要措施.如何设计自发热体内部高导热材料的布局,是实现热源内部热量高效收集和温度控制的关键问题.本文研究建立植入式导热路径的拓扑优化设计方法,考虑高导热材料的植入对于热源分布的影响,以实现自发热体冷却的内置导热路径最优设计.基于固体各向同性材料惩罚模型(solid isotropic material with penalization,SIMP)拓扑描述方法,以高导热材料的相对密度为导热路径描述参数,分别选择合适的热传导系数和生热率的插值模型以建立热传导系数和生热率与相对密度的关系,并以结构散热弱度最小为目标,建立了植入式导热路径设计的拓扑优化数学模型和求解方法.该优化模型能够反映高导热材料的布局对热源布局的影响.通过具体算例,给出了贴片式散热路径与植入式散热路径的拓扑优化结果.设计结构表明,两种优化模型获得的最优散热构型存在较大不同,并且考虑植入高导热材料对热源布局影响的设计结果散热性能优于贴片式散热路径的设计结果.数值算例验证了本文所提出方法的正确性和有效性.      

热弹性结构的拓扑优化设计

针对热弹性连续体拓扑优化存在的中间密度问题,以骨架式结构为研究出发点,分析了热、力耦合场作用下的结构拓扑构型设计,对比了SIMP和RAMP两种材料惩罚模型对消除中间密度值的应用效果,阐述了在相同惩罚模型下,拓扑优化解对热、力两类载荷相对大小的依赖性. 在此基础上,提出以不同惩罚模型应对两类载荷的处理方法,通过骨架式结构和连续体结构数值算例,验证了该方法的可行性和有效性.      

传热结构的多目标拓扑优化设计研究

深入分析了传热结构多目标拓扑优化设计中的几个关键问题。提出了基于结构柔度最小化和结构散热弱度最小化的多目标拓扑优化设计方法,建立了传热结构的多目标拓扑优化设计模型,推导了传热结构多目标拓扑优化中用于迭代分析求解的优化准则算法和敏度分析方程。通过数值计算验证了理论和算法的有效性。     

模具冷却通道截面拓扑优化设计

本文提出一种模具冷却通道截面设计的拓扑优化方法。根据直通道的特性建立等效的温度场模型,用均匀流体速度场代替湍流流速场,构建对流换热方程,并用第三类边界条件对流道入口温度边界进行描述。建立考虑热应力的热-力耦合模型,对模具结构的热机械性能进行描述。通过引入离散体过滤法得到含圆形通道的截面拓扑,并加入几何约束解决离散体法导致的相混问题。分别以模具表面的平均温度和位移均匀性为优化目标及约束条件,构建拓扑优化列式。通过平顶模具与U型模具设计实例,验证了本文方法的可行性。设计结果表明,本文方法能够得到清晰的拓扑结构,而且优化结果满足给定的管径、管间距及管到模面距离等尺寸约束。     

Flow and Heat Transfer in a High-Aspect-Ratio Rib-Roughed Cooling Channel with Longitudinal Intersecting Ribs

This paper describes a detailed numerical investigation of a stationary high-aspect-ratio rib-roughed rectangular cooling channel with longitudinal intersecting ribs near the gas turbine blade trailing edge region. In order to overcome the heat transfer performance degeneration in the highaspect- ratio channel, longitudinal intersecting ribs are arranged on the channel bottom surface. The effect of the number of longitudinal intersecting ribs on the flow and heat transfer is systematically studied in the Reynolds number range Re = 10 000–30 000. The results show that a heat transfer augmentation region exists just downstream the junction between the longitudinal rib and the angled rib due to additional secondary flows. With more longitudinal intersecting ribs, the heat transfer distributions on the channel surfaces are more uniform. Though the pressure loss is also enlarged with an increase in the number of longitudinal intersecting ribs, the overall thermal efficiency increases in the entire range of Reynolds numbers investigated. The configuration with two sets of longitudinal intersecting ribs shows the best overall thermal efficiency.     

Periodic oscillations in a horizontal single boiling channel with thermal wall capacity

The dynamic behavior of a horizontal boiling channel with a surge tank is investigated through nonlinear analysis. The model involves a surge tank that is subject to inlet mass flow rate and a constitutive model containing a cubic nonlinearity is used to describe the outlet pressure-flow rate relation of the downstream boiling regime. The model also includes boiling heat transfer process and incorporates the effect of the wall thermal capacity which allows the temperature and heat transfer coefficient of the heater wall to vary with time. Within certain operating regimes, the model exhibits self-excited periodic oscillations, which can be identified with pressure-drop oscillations. In this study, these oscillations are described as relaxation oscillation and the qualitative features of the response can be understood in terms of the underlying model. Finally, the present model is compared with the experimental data available in literature to investigate that transient effects of temperature heater walls, pressure, and mass flow rate.     

Topology optimization and heat dissipation performance analysis of a micro-channel heat sink

Junction temperature in the electronic packaging process is one of the critical factors affecting the service life of electronic devices. A micro-channel heat sink is a common heat dissipating device used to reduce the thermal resistance between components and substrate. In order to maximize the heat dissipation while minimizing the pressure drop, this paper adopts a topology optimization method. A material interpolation method based on variable density principle is used together with a moving asymptote algorithm for the optimization. The physics is governed by the heat and mass transfer, coupled with the momentum conservation in the fluid. Four parameters are varied in order to investigate their influence on the optimization process. A three-dimensional geometry has been constructed to study the flow field and the results are compared to a reference case to verify the temperature uniformity and thermal performance of the model. It is demonstrated that the optimized design of the micro-channel heat sink is reliable and effective.     

AN ANALYTICAL DESIGN METHODOLOGY FOR AN ANNULAR COMBUSTOR

SUMMARY

This paper describes a computational procedure for the optimization of the performance parameters of a simulated annular combustor. This method has been applied to analyze the influence of the performance parameters and geometries on the annular combustor characteristics and provide a good understanding of combustor internal flow fields, and therefore it can be used for guiding the combustor design process. The approach is based on the solution of governing nonlinear, elliptic partial differential equations for 3-D axisymmetric recirculating turbulent reacting swirling flows and the modelling of turbulence, combustion, thermal radiation and pollutant formation. The turbulence effects are introduced via the modified two-equation κ-ε model. Turbulent combustion is modelled using the κ-ε-g model and a two-step turbulent combustion model is employed for the excess emission of carbon monoxide CO. For the evaluation of the NO pollutant formation rate, the NO pollutant formation model, which takes into account the influence of turbulence, presented here. The radiative heat transfer is handled by the heat flux model. The predictions of the combustor character-istics and performance parameters are made using the present approach.

Predictions of velocity, length of the recirculation zone, combustion efficiency and wall temperature are compared with measurements. Agreement between the predictions and experimental data is very satisfactory.     

Turbulent forced convective heat transfer in two-phase evaporating droplet flow through a vertical pipe

A physical model was developed to study heat transfer in turbulent dispersed flow at very high vapor quality in a vertical pipe by numerically solving the coupling governing differential equations for both phases. Major heat transfer mechanisms included in the model were the thermal nonequilibrium effects, droplet vaporization, droplet deposition on the duct wall and thermal radiative transfer. The predicted results indicated that vapor superheating is dominant for the cases with high wall superheat, otherwise droplet vaporization dominates the energy transport processes. Heat transfer during the droplet-wall interaction only exists at low wall superheat but in small amounts.     

Chemically reactive and radiative von Kármán swirling flow due to a rotating disk

A new mathematical model is presented to study the heat and mass transfer characteristics of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Maxwell fluid flow over a convectively heated stretchable rotating disk. To regulate the fluid temperature at the surface, a simple isothermal model of homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions is employed. The impact of nonlinear thermal radiative heat flux on thermal transport features is studied. The transformed nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations is solved numerically with an efficient method, namely, the Runge-Kutta-Felberg fourth-order and fifth-order (RKF45) integration scheme using the MAPLE software. Achieved results are validated with previous studies in an excellent way. Major outcomes reveal that the magnetic flux reduces the velocity components in the radial, angular, and axial directions, and enhances the fluid temperature. Also, the presence of radiative heat flux is to raise the temperature of fluid. Further, the strength of homogeneous–heterogeneous reactions is useful to diminish the concentration of reaction.     

Transformational-zone method of calculation of complex heat exchange during flow of optically active medium inside tube of diffuse grey surface

The paper presents analytical and experimental investigations of influence of radiative heat transfer on complex heat exchange during flow of optically active gas inside a pipe of diffusegrey properties. It was assumed that the pipe is heated from the outside by a constant heat flux and gas flowing inside is both absorbing and emitting and of small optical density. The influence of length and radiative properties of the pipe surface and of the gas temperature distribution on the wall and in the gas were analysed. The influence of radiative energy transfer on overall heat transfer coefficient was estimated. Mathematical model of radiative convective heat exchange in a system of one-dimensional temperature field, based on zone division method of Hottel and surface transformation, was verified numerically and experimentally. The results of numerical calculations were compared with experimental results obtained during carbone dioxide (CO₂) flow inside electrically heated ceramic tube. The set of nonlinear differential equations was solved by Runge-Kutta method with Hamming modification and with the use of separable-kernel method.