BIMSA > ICMRA Seminar Series ICMRA Seminar Series Optimal Design of Plasma Thrusters with Topology Optimization Method based on M-SIMP approach
Optimal Design of Plasma Thrusters with Topology Optimization Method based on M-SIMP approach
Organizer
Xiaoming John Zhang
Speaker
Satafa Sanogo
Time
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Venue
A3-4-312
Online
Zoom 518 868 7656 (BIMSA)
Abstract
This work presents Topology Optimization (TO) methods to solve design problems of Hall Effect Thrusters (HET). Most of these design problems involve implicit inverse problems that we formulated in the form of Topology Optimization one. For numerical solution computations, a material density-based approach called Mixed - Solid Isotropic Material with Penalization (M-SIMP) is proposed to handle efficiently such a design problem of HET. The proposed model, M-SIMP consists of a continuous relaxation (of some discrete variables) to apply linear search algorithms. For these algorithms, the derivative information is quite crucial. Thus, that topological derivative, also known as design sensitivity, is computed by the Adjoint Variable Method (AVM). Finally, we complete this work with some numerical examples to illustrate our solution method.
Speaker Intro
Satafa SANOGO is currently an Assistant Professor in Applied Mathematics at École Polytechnique de Ouagadougou (EPO), Burkina Faso. He previously taught at Université Nazi Boni (2018–2020) and was an ATER (Temporary Teaching and Research Assistant) in the Department of Mathematical Engineering and Modeling at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse (2017–2018). He earned his Ph.D. (2016) in Applied Mathematics for Electromagnetism from Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier and completed a postdoctoral fellowship (2016–2017) at Université de Limoges (XLIM laboratory in France), in collaboration with MINACOM (Laboratory of Physics), CST, and Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES). He is visiting BIMSA with a support from the "ICMRA Visiting Scholars Program".