Inverse design of mechanical springs with tailored nonlinear elastic response utilizing internal contact

Gore Lukas Bluhm, Ole Sigmund, Konstantinos Poulios*

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Abstract

This work employs a contact-aware topology optimization approach for the design of nonlinear springs with a broad range of prescribed load–displacement responses in both tension and compression. By leveraging the third medium contact approach to model internal contact, this method enables the utilization of collision between parts to achieve the desired load–displacement response while minimizing material consumption. The effectiveness of the proposed computational design approach is demonstrated using axially loaded springs as a benchmark, but the proposed method is also applicable to more general cases, including the design of periodic nonlinear material microstructures and metamaterials.
Original languageEnglish
Article number104552
JournalInternational Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
Volume157
Number of pages16
ISSN0020-7462
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Contact mechanics
  • Inverse design
  • Non-linear spring
  • Topology optimization

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