An Interface-enriched Topology Optimization for Mitigating the Effect of Surface Flaws in 3D Brittle Structures

In this 3D fracture-based topology optimization framework, the author extended the 2D framework on tailoring fracture resistance for brittle materials (Zhang et al., 2022) to 3D. In the optimization, the topology is described by radial basis functions interpolated level set function, and the problem is solved by the Interface-enriched...