Use of compliance in optimization problems

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

How to determine the compliance for a given problem and what value of minimum/maximum compliance must be used as design constraint during optimization?

Answers

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2016

    Hi Sumant,

     

    You can do a test run and the compliance will be printed to the .out file.

     

    A general practice is to reduce the compliance (minimize compliance as objective) is followed. 

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2016

    Hi Prakash,

    Ok. Thank you

    Is it fine to use compliance as design constraint? If yes, how to select a specific value of 'minimum compliance' as constraint?

    If no, kindly suggest other parameters that can be use as design constraint for a problem where stress is our major interest?

     

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2016

    Hi Sumant,

     

    The best way is to have the objective as Minimize compliance and constraint on wither volume fraction or mass fraction.

     

    It is time taking process to calculate the compliance matrix and use the minimum. 

     

    If you want to figure out a concept for your design the use the first approach which is 

    objective as Minimize compliance and constraint on wither volume fraction or mass fraction.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2016

    I understood your point. But, when stress is a key limit to the design, as I don't want the maximum stress to be greater than  'FOS*yield strength' , how to satisfy this condition during topology optimization?

    How can I determine the limit for either volume fraction or mass fraction that would also satisfy stress limits?

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited May 2016

    Can anyone else please help me with this problem?

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited May 2016

    You can add a stress constraint on dtpl card. But this is a global variable.