HPG-Diff: Hierarchical physics-guided diffusion with differentiable connectivity constraints for topology optimization

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.07233v1
• Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:15:20 GMT
• Title: HPG-Diff: Hierarchical physics-guided diffusion with differentiable connectivity constraints for topology optimization
• Abstract summary: HPG-Diff is a novel diffusion framework that enforces physics consistency through two synergistic mechanisms.<n>We show that HPG-Diff achieves average compliance errors of 0.87% (in-distribution) and 5.29% (out-of-distribution) while reducing floating material ratios to 2.90% and 2.44%, respectively.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Deep generative models offer a promising paradigm for topology optimization, enabling rapid design exploration. However, these approaches lack intrinsic physics guidance, often leading to poor generalizability across unseen boundary conditions and the formation of floating material artifacts. To address these limitations, we propose Hierarchical Physics-Guided Diffusion (HPG-Diff), a novel diffusion framework that enforces physics consistency through two synergistic mechanisms. First, we introduce a hierarchical physics-guided strategy that aligns different precomputed physics features with the denoising process, guiding material distribution toward optimal load paths to enhance generalizability. Second, we propose a floating material suppression loss as a differentiable connectivity constraint inspired by thermal conduction to improve topological connectivity. By simulating a virtual heat propagation process from load positions, this mechanism explicitly penalizes floating material during training. Quantitative evaluations demonstrate that HPG-Diff achieves average compliance errors of 0.87% (in-distribution) and 5.29% (out-of-distribution), while reducing floating material ratios to 2.90% and 2.44%, respectively. Furthermore, case studies on a 3:1 rectangular domain, including cantilever and bridge benchmarks, provide preliminary evidence that lightweight LoRA fine-tuning with a small dataset can support the adaptation of HPG-Diff to rectangular non-square domains.

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