This paper focuses on the free-form surface shell structures composed of two materials and considers the coupling effect between shape and material distribution. By employing a shape-topology joint optimization algorithm, the shape optimization step and topology optimization step are iterated alternately to obtain the optimal shape and the optimal materials distribution for the two-material free-form surface shell. Taking the four-corner simply supported shell and the four-edge simply supported shell as the research objects, this study focuses on analyzing the influence of the elastic modulus ratio (E1∶E2) and volume ratio (V1∶V2) of the two materials on the optimization results. The research results show that the elastic modulus ratio and volume ratio of the two materials have a significant impact on the structural morphology and material distribution. As the elastic modulus ratio decreases, the curvature of the optimal surface decreases, and the high-modulus material gathers in the main load-bearing parts of the structure; as the volume ratio increases, the optimal surface tends to be gentle. When the volume ratio is less than 5∶5, the high-modulus material is mainly distributed in the main load-bearing parts of the structure; when the volume ratio is greater than 5∶5, the high-modulus material is also distributed along the connecting areas between the main load-bearing parts, forming an effective force transmission path.
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