Article ID: | iaor2014301 |
Volume: | 49 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 39 |
End Page Number: | 47 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
Journal: | Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization |
Authors: | Liu Yang, Shimoda Masatoshi |
Keywords: | engineering |
In this paper, we present a shape optimization method for designing stiffeners on thin‐walled or shell structures. Solutions are proposed to deal with a stiffness maximization problem and a volume minimization problem, which are subject to a volume constraint and a compliance constraint, respectively. The boundary shapes of the stiffeners are determined under a condition where the stiffeners are movable in the in‐plane direction to the surface. Both problems are formulated as distributed‐parameter shape optimization problems, and the shape gradient functions are derived using a material derivative method and an adjoint variable method. The optimal free‐boundary shapes of the stiffeners are obtained by applying the derived shape gradient function to the