Journal article
Multiscale modeling and topology optimization of poroelastic actuators
This paper presents a method for design of optimized poroelastic materials which under internal pressurization turn into actuators for application in, for example, linear motors. The actuators are modeled in a two-scale fluid–structure interaction approach. The fluid saturated material microstructure is optimized using topology optimization in order to achieve a better macroscopic performance quantified by vertical or torsional deflections.
Constraints are introduced to ensure a certain deflection/extension ratio of the actuator.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 065005 |
ISSN: | 1361665x and 09641726 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1088/0964-1726/21/6/065005 |
ORCIDs: | Andreasen, Casper Schousboe and Sigmund, Ole |