Transient thermal porous structure designed by two-scale concurrent topology optimization

Abstract

The present paper proposes the novel design framework for thermal porous structure based on two-scale concurrent topology optimization subject to transient heat analysis. The optimization model considers the heat transfer through the microstructure surface to enhance the heat dissipation performance design. In particular, a well-known homogenization method incorporated the size-dependent term of microscopic heat transfer is exploited to obtain the material properties. Meanwhile, the unsteady-state heat condition is applied to the macrostructure. Furthermore, the heat compliance objective function and the derived analytical sensitivity formulations are adopted to determine the two-scale optimal topologies. As a numerical result, the concurrent design of micro- and macrostructures show the remarkable transient effect. It is also indicated that the microstructure size and the volume constraint are significant parameters for the design of heat performance.