... in the design space. These methodologies usually require a significant effort to determine an initial design concept. In this paper, a heuristic approach to continuum-based topology optimization is developed for crashworthiness design. The methodology utilizes the cellular automata paradigm to generate three...

... cases are studied. 30 03 2008 08 02 2009 28 04 2009 cellular automata design engineering extrusion Manufacturability of a structure is the primary factor in influencing the cost of producing a design. The extrusion manufacturing process is commonly employed...

... such as the checkerboarding effect. This investigation presents the main features of the HCA algorithm and the influence of different parameters applied during the iterative optimization process. 20 03 2005 07 01 2006 three-term control bone cellular automata distributed control optimisation finite...