A systemic topology optimization approach is presented in this work to concurrent design parts, their supports, and laser scanning paths for powder bed metal additive manufacturing (AM), aiming to achieve controllable thermal distortion, optimized mechanical properties, and minimum material consumption. A novel density-based parametrization model is proposed to concurrently represent both structural topology and laser path with island scanning pattern. To avoid the recoater collision during the AM process, a thermal deformation constraint is developed based on inherent strain method, in which the structural type and laser scanning pattern related strains are calibrated and validated by AM experiments. Additionally, an overhang constraint and a two-field-based length scale control formulation are employed to further guarantee manufacturability. The proposed approach exhibits a desirable gain in design freedoms as well as reduction of supports consumption with improved mechanical performance of the optimized prototype, compared conventional to topology-only optimization. Besides, the concurrent optimization of structure topology and laser scanning path exhibits superior performance in thermal distortion control compared to sequential optimization.
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