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This paper extends the evolutionary structural optimization method to the solution for maximizing the natural frequencies of bending vibration thin plates. Two kinds of constraint conditions are considered in the evolutionary structural optimization method. If the weight of a target structure is set as a constraint condition during the natural frequency optimization, the optimal structural topology can be found by removing the most ineffectively used material gradually from the initial design domain of a structure until the weight requirement is met for the target structure. However, if the specific value of a particular natural frequency is set as a constraint condition for a target structure, the optimal structural topology can be found by using a design chart. This design chart describes the evolutionary process of the structure and can be generated by the information associated with removing the most inefficiently used material gradually from the initial design domain of a structure until the minimum weight is met for maintaining the integrity of a structure. The main advantage in using the evolutionary structural optimization method lies in the fact that it is simple in concept and easy to be included into existing finite element codes. Through applying the extended evolutionary structural optimization method to the solution for the natural frequency optimization of a thin plate bending vibration problem, it has been demonstrated that the extended evolutionary structural optimization method is very useful in dealing with structural topology optimization problems.
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Zhao, C., Steven, G.P. & Xie, Y.M. Evolutionary natural frequency optimization of thin plate bending vibration problems. Structural Optimization 11, 244–251 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01197040
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