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On Hole Nucleation in Topology Optimization Using the Level Set Methods

S.Y. Wang^1,2, K.M. Lim^2,3, B.C. Khoo^2,3, M.Y. Wang⁴

1 Corresponding author, Email: smaws@nus.edu.sg.
2 Singapore-MIT Alliance, E4-04-10, 4 Engineering Drive3, Singapore 117576.
3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Univer-sity of Singapore, Singapore 119260.
4 Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering,The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, HongKong.