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A Novel Method to Accelerate the Solution of Compliance Using Deep Learning for Topology Optimization

  • Jiaxiang Luo
  • , Yu Li
  • , Weien Zhou
  • , Xianqi Chen
  • , Wen Yao
  • National University of Defense Technology
  • Academy of Military Medical Science China

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Abstract

There are many successful advances in using deep learning techniques to accelerate topology optimization design and solve the problem of high computation costs. However, the finite element method (FEM) is still needed to calculate the compliance for the structure output by the training task that uses convolutional neural networks to accelerate the calculation of optimal structures, which leads to more time spent on model training. Therefore, a deep learning model is proposed to accelerate the solution of compliance instead of FEM. To improve the accuracy of the model prediction, we prepare 50,000 samples which are generated by the solid isotropic material with penalization (SIMP) and build the developed model using the appropriate number of network layers. The results show that the error rate of the predicted compliance is less than 0.01 and the developed model is high-precision. In addition, the training efficiency using the developed model is 3 times higher than that using FEM during the model training.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Mechanical Design - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Mechanical Design, ICMD 2021
EditorsJianrong Tan
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages1781-1792
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9789811673801
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Mechanical Design, ICMD 2021 - Changsha, China
Duration: 11 Aug 202113 Aug 2021

Publication series

NameMechanisms and Machine Science
Volume111
ISSN (Print)2211-0984
ISSN (Electronic)2211-0992

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Mechanical Design, ICMD 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChangsha
Period11/08/2113/08/21

Keywords

  • Artificial neural network
  • Deep learning
  • Finite element method
  • SIMP
  • Topology optimization

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