Reduced-order modeling of lattice structures through iterative beam fitting and static mesoscale projection

Lattice structures exhibit a wide range of advantageous properties, making them highly compelling to both industrial applications and academic research. However, they also present significant challenges, foremost being the substantial computational cost in numerical simulations. While high-fidelity...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Grünfelder, Manmit Padhy, Alaa Armiti-Juber, Seyed Morteza Seyedpour, Navina Waschinsky, Tim Ricken
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Alaa Armiti-Juber
Seyed Morteza Seyedpour
Navina Waschinsky
Tim Ricken
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description Lattice structures exhibit a wide range of advantageous properties, making them highly compelling to both industrial applications and academic research. However, they also present significant challenges, foremost being the substantial computational cost in numerical simulations. While high-fidelity simulations may suffice for small-scale examples typically found in the literature, they become impractical for real-world components with large numbers of unit cells and repeated execution of the simulations. To address this issue, a model order reduction method (MOR) is proposed in this study, transitioning from a high-fidelity solid model to a computationally more efficient lower-fidelity beam model. This reduction in model complexity is accompanied by a local fitting process of the individual unit cells, also referred to as the mesoscale, that mitigates the errors typically introduced by the simplified beam representation. Additionally, the high-fidelity mesoscale is represented efficiently through the static condensation technique for repeating unit cells with varying boundary conditions. The developed approach enables the creation of a resulting substitute model that maintains high accuracy while offering substantial computational savings. This enables the efficient analysis and optimization of auxetic and non-auxetic lattice structures at scales relevant to practical engineering applications.
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spelling doaj-art-e2b51079d2cf413d9216acffa1e719152025-08-20T02:55:31ZengElsevierResults in Engineering2590-12302025-09-012710652910.1016/j.rineng.2025.106529Reduced-order modeling of lattice structures through iterative beam fitting and static mesoscale projectionNicolas Grünfelder0Manmit Padhy1Alaa Armiti-Juber2Seyed Morteza Seyedpour3Navina Waschinsky4Tim Ricken5Corresponding author.; Institute of Structural Mechanics and Dynamics in Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 27, Stuttgart, 70569, Baden-Wuerttemberg, GermanyInstitute of Structural Mechanics and Dynamics in Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 27, Stuttgart, 70569, Baden-Wuerttemberg, GermanyInstitute of Structural Mechanics and Dynamics in Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 27, Stuttgart, 70569, Baden-Wuerttemberg, GermanyInstitute of Structural Mechanics and Dynamics in Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 27, Stuttgart, 70569, Baden-Wuerttemberg, GermanyInstitute of Structural Mechanics and Dynamics in Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 27, Stuttgart, 70569, Baden-Wuerttemberg, GermanyInstitute of Structural Mechanics and Dynamics in Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 27, Stuttgart, 70569, Baden-Wuerttemberg, GermanyLattice structures exhibit a wide range of advantageous properties, making them highly compelling to both industrial applications and academic research. However, they also present significant challenges, foremost being the substantial computational cost in numerical simulations. While high-fidelity simulations may suffice for small-scale examples typically found in the literature, they become impractical for real-world components with large numbers of unit cells and repeated execution of the simulations. To address this issue, a model order reduction method (MOR) is proposed in this study, transitioning from a high-fidelity solid model to a computationally more efficient lower-fidelity beam model. This reduction in model complexity is accompanied by a local fitting process of the individual unit cells, also referred to as the mesoscale, that mitigates the errors typically introduced by the simplified beam representation. Additionally, the high-fidelity mesoscale is represented efficiently through the static condensation technique for repeating unit cells with varying boundary conditions. The developed approach enables the creation of a resulting substitute model that maintains high accuracy while offering substantial computational savings. This enables the efficient analysis and optimization of auxetic and non-auxetic lattice structures at scales relevant to practical engineering applications.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123025025988Auxetic structuresLattice structuresMultifidelity simulationModel order reductionSurrogate modeling
spellingShingle Nicolas Grünfelder
Manmit Padhy
Alaa Armiti-Juber
Seyed Morteza Seyedpour
Navina Waschinsky
Tim Ricken
Reduced-order modeling of lattice structures through iterative beam fitting and static mesoscale projection
Results in Engineering
Auxetic structures
Lattice structures
Multifidelity simulation
Model order reduction
Surrogate modeling
title Reduced-order modeling of lattice structures through iterative beam fitting and static mesoscale projection
title_full Reduced-order modeling of lattice structures through iterative beam fitting and static mesoscale projection
title_fullStr Reduced-order modeling of lattice structures through iterative beam fitting and static mesoscale projection
title_full_unstemmed Reduced-order modeling of lattice structures through iterative beam fitting and static mesoscale projection
title_short Reduced-order modeling of lattice structures through iterative beam fitting and static mesoscale projection
title_sort reduced order modeling of lattice structures through iterative beam fitting and static mesoscale projection
topic Auxetic structures
Lattice structures
Multifidelity simulation
Model order reduction
Surrogate modeling
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123025025988
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