KratosOptimizationApplication 9.4

KRATOS Multiphysics ("Kratos") is a framework for building parallel, multi-disciplinary simulation software, aiming at modularity, extensibility, and high performance. Kratos is written in C++, and counts with an extensive Python interface.

OptimizationApplication

The Kratos OptimizationApplication is a framework for solving optimization problems in continuum mechanics. It is supposed to handle both gradient-based (adjoint-based) and gradient-free methods.

Main Features

• State-of-the-art techniques and algorithms for shape, thickness and material/topology optimization.
• Efficient and consistent filtering techniques for parametrization-free shape, thickness and material/topology optimization.
• Abstract problem formulation which enables concurrent and nested multilevel-multi-scale optimization problems.
• Adaptive gradient-projection technique, developed specially for problems with an arbitrary large number of design variables of different scales.
• Modular implementation which enables analysis and optimization of multi-physics problems.
• Realization and implementation of additive manufacturing constraints, e.g. hangover conditions (support structures), stackability and geometric limitations.