Shell Topology Optimisation
Topology optimisation of plate and sheet structures: shows where ribs and cut-outs belong for the stiffest shell at a given mass.
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Highlights
- Shell elements carry membrane and bending; supports and loads are assigned by clicking faces
- Four presets or an imported STEP shell, with the mesh drawn before you run
- Filter radius measured along the shell, so nearby parallel walls do not blur into each other
- Optional von Mises stress limit, for the stiffest design or the lightest one that holds it
- Material from the shared library; displacement and stress fields and two convergence charts
A question it answers
Where should the ribs and lightening holes go in this cover plate, or in this box girder web?What you put in
One of four presets (flat cantilever panel, bolted cover plate, box girder web with two load cases and passive flanges, L-bracket panel) or an imported STEP shell; element size; region roles marked design, passive solid or void; supports and loads assigned by picking faces; volume fraction; filter radius, with a switch for measuring that radius along the shell rather than through space; penalty and projection settings; and a material picked from the shared library at a stated temperature.
What you get
Material presence field on the mesh with a colour bar; displacement field (smooth, nodal) and von Mises stress field (flat, per element) with a deformed-shape toggle; two convergence charts; and a report with grey fraction, connected islands, floating islands, hinge count, void energy fraction, mesh quality including worst interior angle, load-case spread, and solver diagnostics.
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