Abstract. The objective of this work is to compare topologies resulting from direct BEM (Boundary Element Method) with a BEM accelerated by Fast Multipole Method (FMM). A formulation of fast multipole boundary element (FMBEM) is introduced in order to turn the optimization process more attractive in the point of view of the computational cost. The formulation of the fast multipole is briefly summarized. A topological-shape sensitivity approach is used to select the points showing the lowest sensitivities, where material is removed by opening a cavity. As the iterative process evolves, the original domain has holes progressively removed, until a given stop criteria is achieved. A benchmark is investigated by

The fast multipole boundary element method performance evaluation for topological optimization procedure Evaluación del desempeño del método de elementos de contorno multipolar rápido para procedimiento de optimización topológica