Optimal design of responsive structures

Jamal Shabani , McMaster University

11/20, 2023 at 11:30am-12:30pm (HH312)

We investigate the systematic design of compliant morphing or responsive structures composed of both responsive and non-responsive materials through topology optimization. We employ the perimeter penalization method to ensure well-posedness of the topology optimization. By applying the phase-field approach, we establish the existence of an optimal design using the well known Monica-Mortola Theorem. We study numerical results for the design of a 2D rectangular beam with least square objective function and discuss some intuition behind the features of the converged designs.