Topology optimization for thermal structures considering design-dependent convection boundaries based on the bidirectional evolutionary structural optimization method
Abstract:Abstract. Based on the bidirectional evolutionary structural optimization (BESO) method, the present article proposes an optimization
method for a thermal structure involving design-dependent convective
boundaries. Because the BESO method is incapable of keeping track of
convection boundaries, virtual elements are introduced to assist in
identifying the convection boundaries of the structure. In order to solve the
difficult issue of element assignment under a design-dependent convection boundary,
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