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EDITORIAL

Introduction to the Special Issue on Novel Methods of Topology Optimization and Engineering Applications

Kai Long^1,*, Xiaodong Huang², Zunyi Duan³, Xuan Wang⁴, Quhao Li⁵

1 State Key Laboratory for Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
2 School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
3 Institute of Structural Health Monitoring and Control, School of Mechanics, Civil Engineering & Architecture, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
4 Department of Engineering Mechanics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China
5 Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of MOE, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China

* Corresponding Author: Kai Long. Email: