In the frame of topology optimization, the multi-objective ability has to be considered since structural design is usually required to satisfy more than one requirement. A modified topology optimization method is proposed to generate a structure of a ...
In the frame of topology optimization, the multi-objective ability has to be considered since structural design is usually required to satisfy more than one requirement. A modified topology optimization method is proposed to generate a structure of a swing arm type actuator satisfying maximum compliance and maximum stiffness at the same time by using the multi-objective optimization approach. The multi-objective function is defined to maximize the compliance in the direction of focusing as well as the eigen-frequency of the structure. We conducted the design of experiments and formulated response surface functions to construct the multi-objective function. The weighting factors between conflicting functions are determined by the back-error propagation neural network and the solution of multi-objective function is acquired by the genetic algorithm.