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Multiscale topology optimization using machine learning and displacement-driven microstructures

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Joel C. Najmon
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Andrés Tovar *
DOI:10.1007/s00158-025-04115-7delete
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Multiscale topology optimization (MSTO) enables the design of hierarchical structures with enhanced performance and complexity. However, solving nested optimization problems at multiple scales imposes high computational costs. This paper introduces a machine learning-based MSTO (ML-MSTO) framework that leverages displacement-driven topology-optimized microstructures (TOMs). An artificial neural network is trained to predict homogenized stiffness tensors of TOMs based on macroscale densities and nodal displacements. This surrogate model enables efficient macroscale outer-loop optimization by avoiding microscale inner-loop optimization. Sensitivities are computed analytically from the neural network’s Jacobian, eliminating the need for finite differences. The method is demonstrated on 2D and 3D benchmark problems, generating high-fidelity, non-periodic multiscale structures with excellent compliance performance.
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Machine learning
Hierarchical structures
Homogenization
Dehomogenization
Non-periodic microstructures
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Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization cover
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
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