Topological sensitivity derivative with respect to area, shape and orientation of an elliptic hole in a plate

Authors:
Dariusz Bojczuk;Zenon Mróz
Affiliations:
Faculty of Management and Computer Modelling, Kielce University of Technology, Kielce, Poland;Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Venue:
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
Year:
2012

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Abstract

The topological sensitivity derivative of a functional expressed in terms of displacement, strain or stress fields and boundary tractions is derived for the case of an elliptical hole introduced in the plate. The derivative is specified with respect to the hole area, the length of ellipse axes and their orientation in terms of primary and adjoint state fields. The shape sensitivity derivative for a finite hole can be applied and the topological derivative with respect to the hole area is obtained in the limiting case. The transition to a plane crack occurs for vanishing length of minor axis and the topological derivative with respect to crack length is then derived from the general formulae. The results can be useful in optimal design procedures by selecting positions, shape and orientation of elliptical cutouts.