Topology Optimization for Continua Considering Global Displacement Constraint

Finding the best distribution of available material in the predetermined design domain satisfying various conditions is the target of topology optimization for continuum structures. In most topology optimization methods, the optimized goal is to find the structures with maximum stiffness. Stiffness is often closely related to the global displacement and, especially, to the maximum displacement of the structure. So a new topology method for minimizing the volume of the structure subject to global displacement is developed and a new approach to controlling the maximum displacement of the structure is proposed.