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An improved soft kill option (SKO) method is proposed to achieve the optimization design of tower crane boom. For a better optimization performance, a parabolic weight coefficient is suggested and the displacement constraint is taken into consideration. In order to eliminate the numerical instability phenomena like checkerboard and mesh dependence, element temperature filter function is added into SKO method. Through the optimization data comparison of rectangular cantilever plate, it is verified that the improved SKO method can achieve a better result with more uniform stress and higher efficiency. Based on the dimension and load parameters of QTZ63 tower crane boom, an optimization model is established, and a periodic SKO method is put forward to optimize this model. The optimization result of the crane boom can provide a new thought for tower crane boom design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new method combined continuum topology with discrete truss is proposed for truss optimization. The optimized material distribution is obtained by means of continuum topology optimization and then transformed into initial truss. Based on the element principal stress and 8-neighborhood elements of continuum, force flow path extraction method is presented to obtain the initial truss layout. For section size optimization, criterion is deduced from a mathematical model by Lagrange multiplier method. Leveraging the free-form nature of continuum, this method can avoid the restriction of traditional ground structure. And it can achieve a better solution with less mass, smaller deformation and more uniform stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]