Isogeometric Topology Optimization

Introduction.- Density-based ITO method.- Density-based Multi-material ITO (M-ITO) method.- ITO for structures with stress-minimization.- ITO for piezoelectric structures with manufacturability.- ITO for architected materials.- ITO for auxetic metamaterials.- M-ITO for auxetic meta-composites.- An in-house Matlab code of "IgaTop" for ITO.

Jie Gao is a faculty of Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Aerospace Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China. He received PhD degree from joint program of HUST and University of Technology Sydney, Australia in 2019. He is the guest editor of the special issue of the International Journal of Symmetry on "New Advance of Methods and Applications in Topology Optimization and Symmetry" in 2021-2022. He is a member of International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO), a member of Mechanics Society of Hubei Province and also a member of Mechanics Society of China. His main research area is the topology optimization, mainly including the developments of topology optimization methods and applications in many design problems of multiscale composite structures, architected materials, auxetic metamaterials, etc. Over the last 5 years, he published nearly 20 SCI-indexed journal papers.
Liang Gao is a Professor at the School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China. He is an Associate Director of the State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology (DMET). He is a member of the Operations Research Society of China, Artificial Intelligence Society of Hubei, Operations Research Society of Hubei and Mechanical Engineering Society of Hubei. He was also the guest co-editor of the special issues of International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology on "Particle Swarm Optimization and Applications" in 2011 and International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology on "Process Planning and Production Scheduling in Sustainable Manufacturing" in 2012. He was a referee for the International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing and other related international journals. His main research areas are the modern optimization method and its applications in