A Novel 3D Topology Optimization Methodology based on the Min-Cut Theorem

Topology optimization (TO) has become a new paradigm to provide a quantitative design methodology for modern devices. In the two categories, the discrete-variable-based one and the continuous-variable-based one, of the existing TO methodologies, the on/off method – a typical method of the former – outperforms the latter in terms of an intuitive representation of the optimized results. Moreover, th...