2013 Volume 79 Issue 798 Pages 164-176
This paper proposes a topology optimization procedure for magnetostrictive actuator problems. It is useful for the efficient geometrical design of actuator shapes because their shapes have been empirically designed and are not necessarily optimum. In the proposed topology optimization procedure, a level set field over a fixed design domain is introduced to implicitly represent their shapes and its second order gradient term analogous to phase field is also introduced to control its geometrical complexity. Adjoint variable method is utilized for its sensitivity analysis. To verify the proposed topology optimization procedure, numerical experiments of push rod part and magnetostrictive rod parts to maximize mechanical displacement under magnetic fields are demonstrated.
Transactions of the Society of Mechanical Engineers
Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series A
Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series B
Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series C