Fiber bundle topology optimization for mass and heat transfer in laminar flow

Abstract

This paper presents fiber bundle topology optimization for mass and heat transfer in surface and volume flow in the laminar region, to optimize the matching between the pattern of a surface structure and the implicit 2-manifold on which the pattern is defined. The fiber bundle concept is used to describe the pattern of the surface structure together with the implicit 2-manifold as an ensemble defined on the preset base manifold. Topology optimization of the surface structure for mass and heat transfer in surface and volume flow is then implemented on the variable curved surface expressed as the implicit 2-manifold, which is defined on the preset base manifold by using a differentiable homeomorphism. For both of the surface and volume flow, two sets of design variables are defined for the pattern of the surface structure and the implicit 2-manifold. The fiber bundle topology optimization problems are analyzed by using the continuous adjoint method to derive the gradient information of the design objectives and constraints, and they are then solved by using the gradient based iterative procedures. In the numerical results, the effects of variable amplitude of the implicit 2-manifold, Reynolds number, Péclet number, and pressure drop or dissipation power of the fluid flow are investigated to demonstrate the extended design freedom and design space of fiber bundle topology optimization for mass and heat transfer in surface and volume flow.