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Dr. Abas Ahmad
Sapienza Università di Roma

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Abas Ahmad, MS in Mechanical Engineering and he is currently doing his PhD in Industrial and Management Engineering at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of Sapienza Universita di Roma, Italy. His research fields include: Topological Optimization, Finite Element Analysis and Simulations, Design of Lattice Structures, Additive Manufacturing, Multi-Body Dynamics, CAD Modeling

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Journal article
Published: 25 August 2021 in Applied Sciences
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For the past few decades, topology optimization (TO) has been used as a structural design optimization tool. With the passage of time, this kind of usage of TO has been extended to many application fields and branches, thanks to a better understanding of how manufacturing constraints can achieve a practical design solution. In addition, the advent of additive manufacturing and its subsequent advancements have further increased the applications of TO, raising the chance of competitive manufacturing. Design for additive manufacturing has also promoted the adoption of TO as a concept design tool of structural components. Nevertheless, the most frequent applications are related to lightweight design with or without design for assembly. A general approach to integrate TO in concept designs is still missing. This paper aims to close this gap by proposing guidelines to translate design requirements into TO inputs and to include topology and structural concerns at the early stage of design activity. Guidelines have been applied for the concept design of an inner supporting frame of an ancient bronze statue, with several constraints related to different general design requirements, i.e., lightweight design, minimum displacement, and protection of the statue’s structural weak zones to preserve its structural integrity. Starting from the critical analysis of the list of requirements, a set of concepts is defined through the application of TO with different set-ups (loads, boundary conditions, design and non-design space) and ranked by the main requirements. Finally, a validation of the proposed approach is discussed comparing the achieved results with the ones carried out through a standard iterative concept design.

ACS Style

Abas Ahmad; Michele Bici; Francesca Campana. Guidelines for Topology Optimization as Concept Design Tool and Their Application for the Mechanical Design of the Inner Frame to Support an Ancient Bronze Statue. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 7834 .

AMA Style

Abas Ahmad, Michele Bici, Francesca Campana. Guidelines for Topology Optimization as Concept Design Tool and Their Application for the Mechanical Design of the Inner Frame to Support an Ancient Bronze Statue. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (17):7834.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Abas Ahmad; Michele Bici; Francesca Campana. 2021. "Guidelines for Topology Optimization as Concept Design Tool and Their Application for the Mechanical Design of the Inner Frame to Support an Ancient Bronze Statue." Applied Sciences 11, no. 17: 7834.