Computer Aided Optimum Design in Engineering: XII
Published on 20. June 2012
Book
Hardback
292 pages
978-1-84564-598-4 (ISBN)
Description
Presenting the latest research discussed at the Twelfth International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design in Engineering, this book contains papers describing case studies in engineering; considering static, dynamic analysis and damage tolerance. Manufacturing and structural protection issues are discussed as well as emergent applications in fields such as biomechanics. Contributions also include numerical methods and different optimization techniques. Nowadays, it is widely accepted that optimization techniques have much to offer to those involved in the design of new industrial products. The formulation of optimum design has evolved from the time it was purely an academic topic, unable now to satisfy the requirements of real life prototypes.The development of new algorithms, the improvement of others, the appearance of powerful commercial computer codes with easy to use graphical interfaces and the revolution in the speed of computers has created a fertile field for the incorporation of optimization in the design process in different engineering disciplines Topics covered include: Structural Optimization; Shape and Topology Optimization; Optimization in Civil Engineering; Aerospace Structures; Evolutionary Methods in Design Optimization.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Southampton
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84564-598-4 (9781845645984)
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Content
Contents Section 1: Structural optimization Limit spans of cable and arch structures; Optimization of the underground gas storage in different rock environments; Coupled multi-disciplinary methods for structural reliability and affordability; Metamodel-based multi-objective robust design optimization of structures; Simplified structural analysis of steel portal frames developed from structural optimization; Structural optimization of high voltage transmission line towers considering continuum and discrete design variables; Heuristic optimization of short corbels by smeared cracking finite element analysis; Optimal design of full disks with respect to mixed creep rupture time; High performance mortar may help to reduce damages in masonry constructions for seismic areas in Mexico Section 2: Shape and topology optimization Aerodynamic shape optimization of axial flow fan nose cones; Isogeometric shape sensitivity analysis; Free-form optimization of thin-walled structures for achieving a desired deformed shape; A systems approach to shape and topology optimisation of mechanical structures; Optimization of damping unit; Optimization of underground excavation in rock masses using ESO techniques Section 3: Optimization in civil engineering A software with graphical interface for design optimization of prestressed concrete launched bridges; Optimization of thick-walled shells based on solutions of inverse problems of the elastic theory for inhomogeneous bodies; Performance based design of masonry infilled reinforced concrete frames for near-field earthquakes Section 4: Aerospace structures Uncertainty and reliability in aircraft design and optimization; Welding sequence optimization of plasma arc for welded thin structures Section 5: Evolutionary methods in design optimization Application of particle swarm optimization to the item packing problem; On the efficiency of bionic optimisation procedures