Optimally Designed Multifunctional Composites

摘要

Optimally designed composite materials offer the best material systems to achieve the many demands that are being placed on structures and components in Air Force applications. We have adapted the topology optimization method to design three-dimensional composite microstructures with multi functional characteristics. These include optimal multifunctional materials with optimal electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, elastic moduli, dielectric constant, and fluid permeability. In many instances, the optimal microstructures were entirely new, and in all instances the designed materials are manufacturable.