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Volume 13, Issue 5
1 August 2003
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Research Article| August 01 2003

Optimization of a window frame by BEM and genetic algorithm

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Malgorzata Król
Department of Heat Supply, Ventilation and Dust Removal Technology, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
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Ryszard A. Bialecki
Institute of Thermal Technology, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6585
Print ISSN: 0961-5539
© MCB UP Limited
2003
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow (2003) 13 (5): 565–580.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09615530310482454

Genetic algorithms and boundary elements have been used to find an optimal design of a plastic window frame with air chambers and steel stiffeners. The objective function has been defined as minimum heat loss subject to a constraint of prescribed stiffness and weight of the steel insert.

Keywords: Boundary elements, Genetic algorithms, Heat transfer, Windows
© MCB UP Limited
2003
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