Shape optimization of structures with cutouts by an efficient approach based on XIGA and chaotic particle swarm optimization

Structural shape optimization is one important and crucial step in the design and analysis of many engineering applications as it aims to improve structural characteristics, i.e., reducing stress concentration and structural weight, or improving the stiffness, by changing the structural boundary geometries. The goal of this paper is to present an efficient approach, which goes beyond limitations of conventional methods, by combining extended...