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Optimal laminate sequence of thin-walled composite beams of generic section using evolution strategies

  • Rajasekaran, S.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.597-609
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    • 2010
  • A problem formulation and solution methodology for design optimization of laminated thin-walled composite beams of generic section is presented. Objective functions and constraint equations are given in the form of beam stiffness. For two different problems one for open section and the other for closed section, the objective function considered is bending stiffness about x-axis. Depending upon the case, one can consider bending, torsional and axial stiffnesses. The different search and optimization algorithm, known as Evolution Strategies (ES) has been applied to find the optimal fibre orientation of composite laminates. A multi-level optimization approach is also implemented by narrowing down the size of search space for individual design variables in each successive level of optimization process. The numerical results presented demonstrate the computational advantage of the proposed method "Evolution strategies" which become pronounced to solve optimization of thin-walled composite beams of generic section.

Healthcare Optimization : Current Status and Vitalization Suggestions (의료서비스 최적화 : 현황 및 활성화 방안)

  • Kang, Sung-Hong;Kim, Byung-In;Jun, Chi-Hyuck;Choi, Byung Kwan;Lee, Shin-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.313-324
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    • 2013
  • Healthcare optimization is mandatory to strengthen the competitiveness of domestic healthcare industry. Healthcare optimization aims to increase service quality, patient safety, and system efficiency. This paper reviews various healthcare optimization cases of developed countries, synopsizes the current status of domestic healthcare industry, points out several reasons why healthcare optimization is not active in Korea, and suggests some vitalization ways.

Multi-objective Optimization of Butterfly Valve using the Coupled-Field Analysis and the Statistical Method (연성해석과 통계적 방법을 이용한 Butterfly Valve의 다목적 최적설계)

  • 배인환;이동화;박영철
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.127-134
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    • 2004
  • It is difficult to have the existing structural optimization using coupled field analysis from CFD to structure analysis when the structure is influenced of fluid. Therefore in an initial model of this study after doing parameter design from the background of shape using topology optimization. and it is making a approximation formula using by the CFD-structure coupled-field analysis and design of experiment. By using this result, we conducted multi-objective optimization. We could confirm efficiency of stochastic method applicable in the scene of structure reliability design to be needed multi-objective optimization. And we presented a way of design that could overcome the time and space restriction in structural design such as the butterfly valve with the less experiment.

Gamma ray interactions based optimization algorithm: Application in radioisotope identification

  • Ghalehasadi, Aydin;Ashrafi, Saleh;Alizadeh, Davood;Meric, Niyazi
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.53 no.11
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    • pp.3772-3783
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    • 2021
  • This work proposes a new efficient meta-heuristic optimization algorithm called Gamma Ray Interactions Based Optimization (GRIBO). The algorithm mimics different energy loss processes of a gamma-ray photon during its passage through a matter. The proposed novel algorithm has been applied to search for the global minima of 30 standard benchmark functions. The paper also considers solving real optimization problem in the field of nuclear engineering, radioisotope identification. The results are compared with those obtained by the Particle Swarm Optimization, Genetic Algorithm, Gravitational Search Algorithm and Grey Wolf Optimizer algorithms. The comparisons indicate that the GRIBO algorithm is able to provide very competitive results compared to other well-known meta-heuristics.

Jaya algorithm to solve single objective size optimization problem for steel grillage structures

  • Dede, Tayfun
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.163-170
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this paper is to present a new and efficient optimization algorithm called Jaya for optimum design of steel grillage structure. Constrained size optimization of this type of structure based on the LRFD-AISC is carried out with integer design variables by using cross-sectional area of W-shapes. The objective function of the problem is to find minimum weight of the grillage structure. The maximum stress ratio and the maximum displacement in the inner point of steel grillage structure are taken as the constraint for this optimization problem. To calculate the moment and shear force of the each member and calculate the joint displacement, the finite elements analysis is used. The developed computer program for the analysis and design of grillage structure and the optimization algorithm for Jaya are coded in MATLAB. The results obtained from this study are compared with the previous works for grillage structure. The results show that the Jaya algorithm presented in this study can be effectively used in the optimal design of grillage structures.

Numerical Simulation of the Flat Die for Shape Optimization in the Single-screw Extrusion Process

  • Joon Ho Moon;See Jo Kim
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • v.57 no.4
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    • pp.147-156
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    • 2022
  • In this study, we chose a flat die to optimize a general die geometry. The optimization was aimed at obtaining a uniform velocity distribution across the exit of the die. For the optimization, the input and output design parameters were randomly computed, and response surfaces were generated to obtain statistical data for the minimum and maximum sensitivities computed during optimization. Subsequently, object functions with constraints were numerically computed to obtain the minimum errors in the velocity difference (i.e., variable "Outp" in this study). Finally, we obtained the candidate optimized dataset. Note that the current numerical computations were simultaneously conducted for an entire extruder, i.e., screw plus die. The numerical outlet velocity distributions in the modified die geometry tended to be much more uniform than the conventional distributions in the current optimization processes for this specific flat die.

ON LINEARIZED VECTOR OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS WITH PROPER EFFICIENCY

  • Kim, Moon-Hee
    • Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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    • v.27 no.3_4
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    • pp.685-692
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    • 2009
  • We consider the linearized (approximated) problem for differentiable vector optimization problem, and then we establish equivalence results between a differentiable vector optimization problem and its associated linearized problem under the proper efficiency.

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OPTIMALITY CONDITIONS AND DUALITY IN FRACTIONAL ROBUST OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS

  • Kim, Moon Hee;Kim, Gwi Soo
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.345-349
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, we consider a fractional robust optimization problem (FP) and give necessary optimality theorems for (FP). Establishing a nonfractional optimization problem (NFP) equivalent to (FP), we formulate a Mond-Weir type dual problem for (FP) and prove duality theorems for (FP).

Basic Study on Performance Comparison of Structural Optimization Software Systems (구조최적설계 소프트웨어의 성능 비교에 대한 기초연구)

  • Choi, Wook Han;Huang, Cheng Guo;Park, Gyung-Jin;Kim, Tai-Kyung
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.38 no.12
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    • pp.1403-1413
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    • 2014
  • Structural optimization is widely accepted in industrial fields. Structural optimization pursues improved performance of the structures. Recently, structural optimization is actively utilized due to the well-developed commercial design software systems. Three popular commercial structural optimization systems are investigated and compared. They are MSC.Nastran, Genesis and OptiStruct. The performance of the systems is analyzed based on the quality of the optimum solution and the computational time. Linear static response size, shape and topology optimizations are explored and compared with some test examples. For fair comparison, the systems are run in the same environment and the optimization parameters affecting the performance are unified. The optimization results are analyzed and the performances and characteristics of each software system are discussed.