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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Exploiting Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities: Topology Optimization in Design: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26362.
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Exploiting Advanced
Manufacturing Capabilities

TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION IN DESIGN

PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP

Anne Frances Johnson, Rapporteur

National Materials and Manufacturing Board

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Exploiting Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities: Topology Optimization in Design: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26362.
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Suggested citation: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Exploiting Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities: Topology Optimization in Design: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26362.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Exploiting Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities: Topology Optimization in Design: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26362.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Exploiting Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities: Topology Optimization in Design: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26362.
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Dedication

This proceedings is dedicated to Dr. Earl Ward Plummer, a very active and contributing committee member and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, who passed away on July 23, 2020, while this publication was being reviewed.

“My legacy will be the minds I molded; not the papers I wrote or the prizes I won.”

Ward Plummer

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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR EXPLOITING ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES: TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION IN DESIGN

HAYDN WADLEY, University of Virginia, Chair

DIANNE CHONG, NAE,1 Boeing Research and Technology (Retired), Vice Chair

KATHERINE T. FABER, California Institute of Technology

WILLIAM PAUL KING, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

ANGUS KINGON, Brown University

CARLOS LEVI, University of California, Santa Barbara

EDWIN L. THOMAS, NAE, Rice University

FRANK ZOK, University of California, Santa Barbara

Staff

ERIK SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer, Study Director

NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer

RADAKA LIGHTFOOT, Financial Associate

JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Project Assistant

AMISHA JINANDRA, Research Associate

MICHELLE SCHWALBE, Acting Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board (from April 2021)

JAMES LANCASTER, Acting Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board (through April 2021)

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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.

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DEFENSE MATERIALS MANUFACTURING AND INFRASTRUCTURE STANDING COMMITTEE

HAYDN WADLEY, University of Virginia, Chair

DIANNE CHONG, NAE,1 Boeing Research and Technology (Retired), Vice Chair

KATHERINE T. FABER, California Institute of Technology

ROBERT HULL, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

ANGUS KINGON, Brown University

CARLOS LEVI, University of California, Santa Barbara

LOURDES SALAMANCA-RIBA, University of Maryland

SUBHASH SINGHAL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

SUSAN SINNOTT, Pennsylvania State University

LEWIS SLOTER, U.S. Department of Defense (Retired)

EDWIN L. THOMAS, NAE, Rice University

Staff

ERIK SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer

NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer

RADAKA LIGHTFOOT, Financial Associate

JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Project Assistant

AMISHA JINANDRA, Research Associate

MICHELLE SCHWALBE, Acting Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board (from April 2021)

JAMES LANCASTER, Acting Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board (through April 2021)

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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.

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NATIONAL MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING BOARD

THERESA KOTANCHEK, Evolved Analytics, LLC, Chair

KEVIN ANDERSON, NAE,1 Brunswick Corporation

CRAIG ARNOLD, Princeton University

THERESA CLEMENT, Raytheon

THOMAS M. DONNELLAN, Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University

STEPHEN FORREST, NAS2/NAE, University of Michigan

JULIA GREER, California Institute of Technology

JOHN KLIER, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

DAVID C. LARBALESTIER, NAE, Florida State University

MICK MAHER, Maher & Associates, LLC

ROBERT MILLER, NAE, IBM Almaden Research Center

GREGORY TASSEY, University of Washington

STEVEN J. ZINKLE, NAE, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Staff

MICHELLE SCHWALBE, Acting Director (from April 2021)

JAMES LANCASTER, Acting Director (through April 2021)

ERIK SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer

NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer

RADAKA LIGHTFOOT, Financial Associate

JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Project Assistant

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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.

2 Member, National Academy of Sciences.

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Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This Proceedings of a Workshop was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published proceedings as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process.

We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings:

Angus Kingon, Brown University,

Ade Makinde, GE,

Ward Plummer, NAS, Louisiana State University, and

Kris Rosfjord, MITRE Corporation.

Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the content of the proceedings nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this proceedings was overseen by Michael F. McGrath, McGrath Analytics, LLC. He was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this proceedings was carried out in accordance with standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the rapporteur and the National Academies.

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Topology optimization is a digital method for designing objects in order to achieve the best structural performance, sometimes in combination with other physical requirements. Topology optimization tools use mathematical algorithms, such as the finite element method and gradient computation, to generate designs based on desired characteristics and predetermined constraints. Initially a purely academic tool, topology optimization has advanced rapidly and is increasingly being applied to the design of a wide range of products and components, from furniture to spacecraft.

To explore the potential and challenges of topology optimization, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a two-day workshop on November 19-20, 2019, Exploiting Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities: Topology Optimization in Design. The workshop was organized around three main topics: how topology optimization can incorporate manufacturability along with functional design; challenges and opportunities in combining multiple physical processes; and approaches and opportunities for design of soft and compliant structures and other emerging applications. Speakers identified the unique strengths of topology optimization and explored a wide range of techniques and strengths of topology optimization and explored a wide range of techniques and achievements in the field to date. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop.

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