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Continuation strategies to mitigate convergence to low-performing local optima in topology optimization of sound transmission loss
Tom De Weer, Vanessa Cool, Elke Deckers
Dynamic topology optimization problems often suffer from convergence to low-performing local optima. This typically results in stiff designs that do not exploit dynamical phenomena…
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A practical review on promoting connectivity in topology optimization
Vanessa Cool, Niels Aage, Ole Sigmund
Topology optimization facilitates the automated design of high-performance structures across various engineering fields but, if unconstrained, often produces designs that are compl…