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ABSTRACT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Overview of Topology Optimization 6
1.1.1 Types 11
1.2 Topology Optimization methods 13
1.3 Solid Isotropic Material with Penalization 14
(SIMP)Approach.
1.4 Types
2 LITERATURE 18
2.1 Literature Review 18
2.2 Problem definition 19
2.3 Scope of work 20

3 METHODOLOGY 21
3.1 Procedure for static analysis 21
3.1.1 History of Catia 22
3.1.2 Release history 23
3.1.3 Material properties 26