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most citedBiomimetic Staggered Composites with Highly Enhanced Energy Dissipation: Design, Modeling, and Test

140 citations · 328 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

math.OC2021

A Novel Mathematical Formulation for Density-based Topology Optimization Method Considering Multi-Axis Machining Constraint

Hao Deng, Albert C. To

This paper proposes a novel density-based method for structural design considering restrictions of multi-axis machining processes. A new mathematical formulation based on Heaviside…

math.NA2021★ 6 cited

An efficient 146-line 3D sensitivity analysis code of stress-based topology optimization written in MATLAB

Hao Deng, Praveen S. Vulimiri, Albert C. To

This paper presents an efficient and compact MATLAB code for three-dimensional stress-based sensitivity analysis. The 146 lines code includes the finite element analysis and p-norm…

math.OC2021★ 4 cited

A Parametric Level Set Method for Topology Optimization based on Deep Neural Network (DNN)

Hao Deng, Albert C. To

This paper proposes a new parametric level set method for topology optimization based on Deep Neural Network (DNN). In this method, the fully connected deep neural network is incor…

physics.comp-ph2020

Projection-based Implicit Modeling Method (PIMM) for Functionally Graded Lattice Optimization

Hao Deng, Albert C. To

This paper proposes a projection-based implicit modeling method (PIMM) for functionally graded lattice optimization, which does not require any homogenization techniques. In this m…

physics.app-ph2020★ 11 cited

Machine Learning for Materials Developments in Metals Additive Manufacturing

N. S. Johnson, P. S. Vulimiri, A. C. To +4

In metals additive manufacturing (AM), materials and components are concurrently made in a single process as layers of metal are fabricated on top of each other in the near-final t…

cs.CE2019★ 25 cited

Topology Optimization Design of Stretchable Metamaterials with Bezier Skeleton Explicit Density (BSED) Representation Algorithm

Hao Deng, Shawn Hinnebusch, Albert C. To

A new density field representation technique called the Bezier skeleton explicit density (BSED) representation scheme for topology optimization of stretchable metamaterials under f…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 11 cited

Point Group Symmetry and Deformation Induced Symmetry Breaking of Superlattice Materials

Pu Zhang, Albert C. To

The point group symmetry of materials is closely related to their physical properties and quite important for material modeling. However, superlattice materials have more complex s…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 140 cited

Biomimetic Staggered Composites with Highly Enhanced Energy Dissipation: Design, Modeling, and Test

Pu Zhang, Mary A. Heyne, Albert C. To

We investigate the damping enhancement in a class of biomimetic staggered composites via a combination of design, modeling, and experiment. In total, three kinds of staggered compo…

cs.CE2014★ 131 cited

Proportional Topology Optimization: A new non-gradient method for solving stress constrained and minimum compliance problems and its implementation in MATLAB

Emre Biyikli, Albert C. To

A new topology optimization method called the Proportional Topology Optimization (PTO) is presented. As a non-gradient method, PTO is simple to understand, easy to implement, and i…