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Area of Science:

Mechanical Engineering
Materials Science
Biomimetics

Background:

Nature features porous structures, like trabecular bone, known for their lightweight and mechanical strength.
Additive manufacturing (AM) can create complex geometries, but efficient lightweight infill is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel method for generating bone-like porous structures as lightweight infill for AM.
To extend voxel-wise topology optimization for creating sparse yet stable internal structures.

Main Methods:

Proposed upper bounds on localized material volume near each voxel.
Aggregated local constraints using p-norm into a global constraint for efficient optimization.
Implemented the method on a high-resolution topology optimization framework.

Main Results:

Demonstrated the generation of mechanically optimized, detailed porous structures mimicking natural bone.
Showcased variants of optimized structures based on different design specifications.
Analyzed the optimality and robustness of the generated structures.

Conclusions:

The developed method effectively generates bone-like porous structures for AM.
The approach offers a way to create lightweight, strong, and nature-inspired designs.
The technique provides a robust framework for customized porous structure generation.