... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Serdar Carbas can be contacted at: scarbas@kmu.edu.tr Multi-objective optimization Pareto optimality Constrained engineering design problems Multilayer dielectric filter Optimum design Symbiotic organisms search algorithm Optimization, which...

... of this approach. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Explicit design space decomposition Support vector machines Parallel processing Optimum design Reliability management Simulation‐based design optimization or reliability assessment is often hampered by the large computational time...

.... The comparative results obtained using the developed finite element software are given below. Optimum design Composite materials Laminates Variable curvature panel First-ply failure Buckling Finite element method Composite panels of variable curvature composed of straight and curved sections...

... surrogates for optimum design of space truss systems are used in the SAO framework. Physical surrogates typically exhibit better generalization properties than other surrogates forms, produce faster solutions, and do not suffer from dimensionality curse when used in approximate optimization strategies...

... on the nodes chosen randomly. Then each of the distributed ants will perform a tour on the graph by constructing a path according to the node transition rule described next. Optimum design Civil engineering Programming and algorithm theory A large number of algorithms based on numerical linear...

... at: zhaoming@smail.hust.edu.cn © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Hydrostatics Machine tools Computer numerical control Optimum design P_0m=Required static axial load rating of the ballscrew P_m=Required dynamic axial load rating...

... connectivity to be used in the first iteration; members are then added as required in subsequent iterations until the (provably) optimal solution is found. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Structural analysis Linear programming Optimum design Computer‐based discrete layout optimization methods...

... method Non‐linear analysis Optimum design Reinforced concrete Quasi‐brittle materials, such as reinforced concrete, experience different modes of fracture under low tensile stresses. Therefore, the addition of reinforcement using another material of higher resistance to tensile stresses...

.... The design problem can be stated as (9) subject to (10) © MCB UP Limited 1998 Composite materials Optimum design Software Symbolic computation Composite materials have seen increasing applications in various fields of engineering such as the marine and aerospace...

...C. Huang; B. Kröplin This paper deals with the optimum design of composite laminated plates. Both ply orientation angles and ply thicknesses of the composite plate are used as design variables. The optimum design process is divided into two sublevels. In the first sublevel, the strain energy...

...C. Angulo; E. Garcia Vadillo; J. Canales In this paper an application of structural optimization to the design of structures with constraints in frequency and mode shape is presented. The objective is to obtain an optimum design making adequate changes in the structure to modify its dynamic...