If you have the SIMULIA Academic Research or Teaching Suites at your institution and you would like to get started using the Tosca optimisation package, here is a simple step-by-step workshop example that will show you how to:-

use Tosca shape optimisation techniques from within the Graphical User Interface (GUI) to reduce the peak stresses of a part whilst maintaining its volume.

If you were successful with the first and second workshops in this series, the Simple Abaqus Workshop (https://swym.3ds.com/#post:38837 ) and the Simple Tosca Structure Workshop (https://swym.3ds.com/#post:38875) then you will already have created and saved the input deck needed for this Workshop. If you are jumping straight in to the Workshop series here don't fear, we have attached the necessary Abaqus input deck 'optimize_lug_mm_surface.inp' to this post.

Remember to save the relevant files at the end for the fe-safe fatigue and durability Workshop which will follow this one.

NB The workshop files were updated 1st October 2015.