IS12 - New applications of topology optimization in the context of additive manufacturing
Keywords: Additive Manufacturing, multiphysics, topology optimization
This Invited Session is devoted to new applications of shape and topology optimization,
either taking into account explicitly constraints from additive manufacturing, or simply
made possible because innovative and optimized designs can be built by additive
manufacturing. Typical examples include (but are not limited to) optimization of
sacrificial supports in powder bed fusion additive manufacturing, optimization of multiscale
lattice materials, multi-physics optimization of heat exchangers, optimization of
electrical machines or of lithium-ion batteries.
These new applications are often requiring new theoretical and algorithmical
developments in order to adequately model transmission conditions at interfaces between
different physics subdomains, to take into account various geometrical constraints and to
efficiently perform the optimization process. A special emphasis will be put on level-set
and remeshing algorithms.