Aimed at the topology optimization of continuum structures considering the fail-safe principle, for the purpose of overcoming the shortcomings of the topologies obtained by the traditional topology optimization being too sensitive to local damages for the lack of reasonable redundancy components, the fail-safe design is achieved. At first, four concepts are clarified: the structural local failure mode, the structural local failure region, structural failure case, and the pre-estimation distribution of structural failure cases. Secondly, based o...
