Minimizing the Flow Velocity in a 3D Microchannel
Application ID: 72401
Inverted elements can prevent large deformations for shape optimization. This model demonstrates how this problem can be circumvented using export/import of the geometry and a model method. The technique is demonstrated on a benchmark problem from topology optimization, where the objective is to minimize the flow velocity at a point in the center of a channel.
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