Design of materials with extreme thermal expansion using a three-phase topology optimization method

Engineering

• Microstructure 100%
• Expansion Coefficient 100%
• Optimization Method 100%
• Design Method 66%
• Material Phase 66%
• Finite Element Method 33%
• Directional 33%
• Extremal 33%
• Objective Function 33%
• Optimisation Problem 33%
• Effective Property 33%
• Design Phase 33%
• Linear Programming 33%
• Element Discretisation 33%
• Designed Material 33%

Keyphrases

• Extreme Thermal Expansion 100%
• Constituent Phase 33%
• Two-phase Design 33%
• Elastic Symmetry 33%
• Numerical Homogenization Method 33%
• Thermal Actuator 33%
• Negative Thermal Expansion Coefficient 33%
• Optimal Microstructures 33%