To overcome the limitations of insufficient design spaces in existing Bio-inspired reinforced-plate design(BRD) methods resulting from the modeling strategy of the ground structure method (GSM), a diffusion-based growth scheme inspired by the vein growth patterns of plants was proposed. The scheme simulated the formation processes of plant venation to identify efficient stiffener layouts that enhanced the buckling load-bearing capacity of the structure. An improved optimization modeling framework was adopted, using S9R5 Shell elements and B32/B31 beam elements to simulate the plate(leaf) and stiffeners(veins) respectively. A scheme of node pre-storage and reserve/updating employed to expand the flexibility of stiffeners by increasing the updating-range of active nodes. Rectangular thin plates were investigated as representative examples, buckling analyses under various parameters, boundary conditions(SSSS and SFSF), and loading cases were conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The numerical results demonstrate that the diffusion-based growth scheme yields more efficient and clearer stiffener layouts compared to existing growth strategies.
2)生长节点更新策略。图4所示为扩散式生长加筋示意图以及迭代策略。生长点迭代主要存在3种更新策略:递进生长更新迭代、活动节点退化去除以及加筋节点保留存储,分别称为Mode-1、Mode-2和Mode-3模式(图 4 a ~图 4d)。其中,为结构上第个活动生长节点,为生长单元集;、分别表示生长步下活动节点周围与之相连的潜在生长单元集以及步后实际扩散生长出的加筋单元集,显然。
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