A Hybrid Method for Density-Related Topology Optimization

In this study, a hybrid method for density-related topology optimization is proposed, which consists of two parts: the discrete level-set method (LSM) based on solid isotropic material with penalization (SIMP) and the structural boundary extraction method based on support vector machine (SVM). In the hybrid method, the SIMP method is implemented to create new holes which are inserted into the topological structure obtained by the discrete LSM....