Development of an Algorithm for Displaying the Topological Optimization Results in Two-Dimensional Problems of Stationary Heat Conduction
Topological optimization (TO) can be applied to search for the optimal distribution of material within the area under consideration. The manufacture of products optimized in this way is associated with the need to move from a graphic representation of the distribution of the material to the standards of computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). In this regard, there is a need for reliable, universal and affordable methods that allow for the geometric display of the results of TO. We considered one of the classical maintenance problems - the problem of stationary heat conduction of a flat metal plate with the Dirichlet condition on one of the boundaries. Using the example of this problem, an algorithm has been developed for displaying the results of maintenance, providing for the construction and analysis of the material distribution isocontours in the computational domain. For thermal problems there is a need to filter the results and carry out the smoothing procedure. The peculiarities of spline post-processing are revealed. The developed algorithm was tested on the example of manufacturing a radiator for cooling from duralumin using wire EDM technology.