Author Archives: io

In this rather long text (seems to be a thesis) by Emil Norberg and Sebastian Lövgren of Liköpings University (link), a vehicles front structure is being optimized. We could not read it so far, however a quick skimming reveals that … Continue reading →

In this article (link) the No-Moving-Parts valve inspired from the Tesla valve is topology optimized with coupled fluid dynamics. It is a very clever piece of design from the amazing Nikola Tesla that allows easy flow of fluids in one … Continue reading →

The great group at DTU that gave us the online topology optimization tool, now published a topology optimization application for smartphones, available for both iOS and Android. We are looking forward to try it soon.

We came across a website devoted to Topology Optimization for MEMS (link). It is prepared by Mandy Philippine, who is a PhD student at Stanford at the moment.

In this 2009 article (link) Eddie Wadbro and Martin Berggren have described their topology optimization tool that can process very high resolution (Megapixel as they say) design spaces, using graphics processing units (GPU). GPU’s recently has surpassed CPU’s in the … Continue reading →

This article by Kou Xin et al. (link) studies a “Compliant Adaptive Leading Edge” for UAV wings. It is indicated that compliant trailing edges can enhance the lift-drag ratio by 5∼15%. A rather interesting aspect of the article is that … Continue reading →

I this study dating 2004 (link) Ford used structural optimization to replace a polyamide bracket with an aluminum one. The polyamide bracket was getting more expensive due to the original manufacturers collapse. The analysis yielded a lighter, more rigid and … Continue reading →

This article discusses topology optimization of a sports car chassis (link), differences between coupe and open top, also various different combinations of load cases. The article is notable for its attention on load cases. As a car is quite complicated … Continue reading →

This article shows us the utilization of  topology optimization together with other forms of optimization to develop a lighter hood for Ferrari Italia (link). Many load-cases were used as mandated by Ferrari’s internal code. Interestingly non-structural glue is applied between … Continue reading →

This long text (link) elaborates the design process of an aluminium vehicle front section, using topology optimization as a tool. Crash performance is especially inspected. We did not have enough time to read the article thoroughly so that’s all for … Continue reading →