Author:
Zhong Yi,Jiang Xue-tao,Yang Yong,Xu Ben-lian,Zhu Qi-xin,Wang Lei,Dong Xin-feng
Abstract
AbstractStructural topology optimization has gained widespread attention due to more possibilities of innovative structural design. The current research focus/hotspots, application areas, main research scholars, institutions and the countries involved in structural topology optimization are visually presented through clustering and visual analysis based on CiteSpace. The four metric dimensions of the literatures in this paper are as follows: annual quantity of papers and core countries, core authors and co-authors’ institutions, hotspots and burst terms, and the highly co-cited papers. The results show the research hotspots in this field are concentrated on keywords such as "level set method", "sensitivity analysis", "homogenization", "genetic algorithm", etc. Regarding the research frontier, “moving morphable component (MMC)”, “additive manufacturing (AM)” and “deep learning” are hot topics. In addition, Y. Sui, Z. Kang and O. Sigmund, etc. have high publications. M. Bendsøe and O. Sigmund have high citations. Dalian University of Technology, Technical University of Denmark, etc. are prominent institutions. Moreover, China accounts for more than 34% in the terms of original WOS literatures following by the USA and Australia. This paper could identify structural topology optimization development patterns for the scholars concerned with this field, especially novices, to quickly focus and track the research priorities.
Funder
Chinese National Natural Science Foundation
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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