Abstract
The objective of this research is to construct an efficient global topology optimization method using machine learning technologies. In the conventional design process of mechanical design, the conceptual design is the earliest stage of the design process; and it is carried out based on the designer’s own idea/experience. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain innovative and high-quality concepts overwhelming the designer’s knowledge since the earliest stage of the design process has the largest impact. In this research, therefore, the black-box function aerodynamic topology optimization algorithm via machine learning technologies (FANTOM) is developed to overcome the problem. In the FANTOM approach, topology optimization problems are solved using/combining two efficient global optimization methods developed by the authors: the efficient global optimization method for discontinuous optimization problems with infeasible regions using classification method, and the efficient global optimization method via clustering/classification methods and exploration strategy. In the present approach, topological optimal designs can be obtained only by setting an objective function and constraint conditions. The validity of the FANTOM approach is demonstrated in an inviscid drag minimization problem at a two-dimensional supersonic flow condition, which provides an optimal topology as the Busemann biplane airfoil. Executing topology optimizations with the variation in freestream Mach number, it is also demonstrated that the FANTOM approach can explore topological optimal designs robustly.
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