Topology optimization refers to software that takes advantage of the design freedoms offered by additive manufacturing. It is a generative approach, so multiple design configurations are created for ...

Maxflow Technologies has sponsored this post. A design optimization workflow diagram. (Image courtesy of Maxflow Technologies.) As engineers move from design to design, they experience many of the ...

The rib pattern on each plate is intended to solve the same problem. Each design was optimized with Dakota to reduce mass while meeting several structural response criteria. Sandia National Laboratory ...