Abstract:
In this study, the evolutionary topological design of 2D structural systems was conducted by using ANSYS software. Since the material that is used in structures is not homogenous in general, the maximum and minimum principal stresses were taken into consideration in this study. Besides, these stresses were used as delimiters. The purpose of the designed algorithm, which was used in the analysis, was to gradually eliminate elements from the structure, to control the intense increase in the maximum stresses, and to optimize the structure by obtaining a homogenous stress distribution. Keywords: evolutionary structural optimization (ESO), finite element analysis (FEA)
