Topology and variable optimization of a planar quasi-zero stiffness mechanism for motion isolation during the installation of wind turbine blades

Current service and installation activities for offshore wind turbines are carried out by jack-up vessels, which eliminate wave disturbances to a large extent. The use of these vessels imposes several disadvantages, including high operational costs and the limitation of operating in restricted water depths. An alternative is a crane mounted on a...

Exploring the optimization process in neurally reparameterized topology optimization

Inverse design with topology optimization has followed the same computational<br/>graph for decades. The unknown material density is distributed within a domain,<br/>a computational analysis predicts the response of that design and its derivative<br/>with respect to the unknown, and this information is used by a chosen gradient­<br/>based...

Topology Optimised Pedestrian Bridge: A feasibility study in using Topology Optimisation as a design tool for bridge design

Research in using Topology optimisation as a tool to improve the design process of bridge design. The research focuses on implementing Topology optimisation in the design process of architects and engineers. As an example topology optimisation is used to propose a design for a pedestrian bridge in Amsterdam.

The Moving Node Approach in Topology Optimization

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