Topology Optimization as a Digital Design Tool

Topology optimization has emerged as a powerful and useful tool for the design of structures, a contributing factor being the emergence of computational speed and power. The design process has also been affected by computers which have changed the concept of form into the concept of formation and the emergence of digital design. Topology optimization can modify existing designs, incorporate explicit features into a design, and generate completely new designs; however, this has mostly only been appreciated by structural designers and engineers, and not by the wider field of product design. This chapter shows how topology optimization can be used as a digital tool by investigating several examples.

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