arxivphysics.comp-phcs.CEcs.RO2026-07-14
Towards end-to-end optimization in multimaterial 3D printing
Xue-Ling Luo, Steven Yang, Jingye Tan, Robert F. Shepherd, Noy Cohen, Nikolaos Bouklas
Multimaterial 3D printing enables the fabrication of functionally graded components, but optimizing their spatial material distribution alongside structural topology remains a formidable challenge due to high-dimensional design spaces and complex constitutive modeling. This paper…