Constructing Boundary-identical Microstructures via Guided Diffusion for Fast Multiscale Topology Optimization

TL;DR

This paper introduces a method to generate boundary-identical microstructure datasets using guided diffusion and active learning, significantly improving the efficiency of multiscale topology optimization for hierarchical structures.

Contribution

The authors develop a novel guided diffusion approach combined with active learning to create diverse microstructure datasets with identical boundaries, enabling faster multiscale topology optimization.

Findings

Successfully constructed 16 microstructure datasets with wide elastic modulus ranges.

Achieved rapid multiscale design, completing a mechanical cloak within one minute.

Demonstrated the effectiveness of datasets in various multiscale design examples.

Abstract

Hierarchical structures exhibit critical features across multiple scales. However, designing multiscale structures demands significant computational resources, and ensuring connectivity between microstructures remains a key challenge. To address these issues, \textit{\textbf{large-range, boundary-identical microstructure datasets}} are successfully constructed, where the microstructures share the same boundaries and exhibit a wide range of elastic moduli. This approach enables highly efficient multiscale topology optimization. Central to our technique adopts a deep generative model, guided diffusion, to generate microstructures under the two conditions, including the specified boundary and homogenized elastic tensor. We generate the desired datasets using active learning approaches, where microstructures with diverse elastic moduli are iteratively added to the dataset, which is then retrained. %We achieve the desired datasets by active learning approaches which are alternately adding microstructures with diverse elastic modulus constructed by the deep generative model into the dataset and retraining the deep generative model. After that, sixteen boundary-identical microstructure datasets with wide ranges of elastic modulus %high property coverage are constructed. We demonstrate the effectiveness and practicability of the obtained datasets over various multiscale design examples. Specifically, in the design of a mechanical cloak, we utilize macrostructures with $30 \times 30$ elements and microstructures filled with $256 \times 256$ elements. The entire reverse design process is completed within one minute, significantly enhancing the efficiency of the multiscale topology optimization.