Determination of an optimal shape of domain using the topological derivative and the Boundary Element Method

In the paper, the topological derivative for the Laplace equation is taken into account. The governing equation is solved by means of the Boundary Element Method. The topological-shape sensitivity method is used to determine the points showing the lowest sensitivities. On the selected points, material is eliminated by opening a hole, using the appropriate iterative process. This one is halted when a given amount of material is removed. The objective of this work is to obtain an optimal topology of the domain considered. In the final part of the paper, the example of computations is shown.