OS-E: 0880 Volume and Thermal Compliance Responses
Topology optimization of an aluminum heat sink with fins is be performed. The design space is modeled using first order Tetra elements.

Figure 1. FE Model with Loadcases and Loadstep
Model Files
Model Description
- Objective
- Minimize the thermal compliance
- Constrains
- Upper bound on total volume response
- Design Variables
- Density of each element in the design space
Results

Figure 2. Average Element Densities