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Jacobian-Based Topology Optimization Method Using an Improved Stiffness Evaluation

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This article is published in Journal of Mechanical Design.The article was published on 2018-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 17 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Topology optimization & Direct stiffness method.

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Design of compliant mechanisms using continuum topology optimization: A review

TL;DR: A survey of the state-of-the-art design advances in this research area over the past 20 years is presented and can be helpful to those engaged in the topology optimization of compliant mechanisms who desire to be apprised of the field’s recent state and research tendency.
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Structural Topology Optimization Using a Moving Morphable Component-Based Method Considering Geometrical Nonlinearity

TL;DR: A scheme is developed to address the disconnection issue in the optimization process by using the MMC-based method and several numerical examples are used to demonstrate the validity of the proposed method.
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Origami Kaleidocycle-Inspired Symmetric Multistable Compliant Mechanisms

TL;DR: Inspired by origami kaleidocycles, a type of symmetric multistable compliant mechanism with an arbitrary number of units is presented and analyzed in this paper.
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A novel flexural lamina emergent spatial joint

TL;DR: In this article, a flexural Lamina Emergent Spatial (LES) joint is proposed to decompose large spatial rotations by employing the combination of a Out-of-plane Rotational Part (ORP) and a In-plane Rotation Part (IRP).
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A Review on Tailoring Stiffness in Compliant Systems, via Removing Material: Cellular Materials and Topology Optimization

TL;DR: A review of Cellular Materials and Topology Optimization as approaches used with compliance purposes applied at flexure level and works that used these approaches to tailor stiffness of flexure elements are described and categorized.
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Topology Optimization: Theory, Methods, and Applications

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a topology optimization by distribution of isotropic material for truss structures with anisotropic materials, based on the topology design of truss structure.
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A 99 line topology optimization code written in Matlab

TL;DR: It is shown that only 49 Matlab input lines are required for solving a well-posed topology optimization problem and by adding three additional lines, the program can solve problems with multiple load cases.
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On the Design of Compliant Mechanisms Using Topology Optimization

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a method for optimal design of compliant mechanism topologies based on continuum-type topology optimization techniques and find the optimal mechanism topology within a given design domain and a given position and direction of input and output forces.
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Design of multiphysics actuators using topology optimization - Part I: One-material structures

TL;DR: The second part of a two-part description of the topology optimization method applied to the design of multiphysics actuators and electrothermomechanical systems in particular is presented in this article.
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A topology optimization method based on the level set method incorporating a fictitious interface energy

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a new topology optimization method, which can adjust the geometrical complexity of optimal configurations, using the level set method and incorporating a fictitious interface energy derived from the phase field method.
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