Deep Learning for Additive Manufacturing-driven Topology Optimization
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2022-06-21Journal
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This paper investigates the potential of Deep Learning (DL) for data-driven topology optimization (TO). Unlike the rest of the literature that mainly applies DL to TO from a mechanical perspective, we developed an original approach to integrate mechanical and geometrical constraints simultaneously. Our approach takes as input the mechanical constraints (Boundary conditions, loads configuration, volume fraction) alongside the geometrical ones (total number of elements, minimum overhang, maximum length, minimum thickness) and generates a 2D design complying with these constraints. Thus, it combines the best of both mechanical (CAE) and geometrical design worlds. Conversely, geometrical design constraints are complex, not yet formalized, and contradictory between Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes, applications, and materials. Some are even descriptive, lacking a well-defined mathematical description, or are well-defined but proprietary and inaccessible. Hence, despite the synergy between AM and TO, integrating AM constraints into the TO formulation is still a hurdle. Furthermore, even when their integration is possible, TO’s convergence to a solution is compromised. On the other hand, DL has proven robust in capturing geometrical and spatial correlations. Consequently, our approach solves the previously listed setbacks by aligning DL to serve Design for AM (DfAM); there is no need to identify an analytical formula for a geometrical constraint but simply a sufficient number of examples describing it, and convergence is no longer a blockade when the DL model is trained on converged designs. Our approach tailors the design’s geometrical aspects with great flexibility and creativity. It reconciles design and manufacturing and accelerates the design life cycle of a part. Moreover, it can be easily updated to include additional constraints and can be implemented in the future into CAD software as a lighter and faster generative design module.
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