Structural optimisation
Towards a Ship Structural Optimisation Methodology at Early Design Stage
... Ship structural optimisation with mathematical algorithms can be very helpful to find the best solution (minimum weight, minimum cost, maximum inertia, ...innovative optimisation workflow by which ...
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Design and structural optimisation of a tractor mounted telescopic boom crane
... and structural optimisation-based design studies of agricultural machineries, is ...procedures, structural optimisation strategy, physical proto- typing, physical testing and design validation ...
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Structural optimisation of random discontinuous fibre composites: Part 2 case study
... designer as in Part 1. An additional step will be performed to determine the initial (un-optimised) fibre architecture, providing a series of structural optimisation solutions derived at different mass and ...
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Structural optimisation of random discontinuous fibre composites: Part 1 – Methodology
... Structural optimisation of meso-scale discontinuous fibre architecture composites involves a combination of continuous and discrete design ...the structural optimisation routine are suitable ...
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Sustainable seismic design of RC frames with structural optimisation techniques
... 2000) and Eurocode-8 (EC8) (CEN 2005). First, design solutions are checked to verify that they comply with construction practice limitations (e.g. the width of beams cannot be greater than the width of adjoining columns) ...
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Evolutionary methods for topology optimisation of continuum structures : static and dynamic problems
... obtain an optimal solution. Stmctural optimisation can be classed into three types:.. Oven/lew of Structural Optimisation. Size optimisation: the design variable can be the thickness of [r] ...
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Design of a truss bridge for low cost using structural topology optimisation
... of structural optimisation such as changing to high strength steel, using hollow steel sections and increasing the truss depth in conjunction with the optimised geometry increased the estimated cost savings ...
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Level set-based topology optimisation of a compliant mechanism design using mathematical programming
... of structural optimisation method using level set boundary expressions has been proposed in which the bound- aries of the optimal configuration are implicitly represented using the level set ...set-based ...
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Automotive to rail : can technologies cross the gap?
... using structural optimisation and material replacement; a multi-material solution combining UHSS, aluminium and composite materials has shown potential to reduce the total vehicle weight by up to 20%, ...
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Using topology optimization in tunnel reinforcement design
... As the first step in this study, material nonlinearities are accounted for in op- timisation techniques to improve the linear elastic material model assumption of previous studies. Practical behaviours of material, ...
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Structural topology optimisation in steel structural applications
... Structural optimisation is concerned with maximizing the utility of a fixed quantity of resources to fulfill a given ...of structural optimisation exist; shape, size and ...topology. ...
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Femoral bone mesoscale structural architecture prediction using musculoskeletal and finite element modelling
... its structural architecture, while it is rare for bone to be modelled using a structural mechanics as opposed to a continuum mechanics approach in the engi- neering ...mesoscale structural model of ...
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Characterisation Of Data Set Features For Storage Space Optimisation Using Functional Dependency
... Nevertheless, before we can validate the usefulness of this alternative technique, studies on the characteristics of data sets that will be useful for space optimisation is needed. This information is crucial in ...
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Optimising Flexibility of Temporal Problems with Uncertainty
... The optimisation problem of STPU under strong controllable constraints can measure the quality of fixed tem- poral plans and schedules because fixed solutions are strongly ...on optimisation problems and ...
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Assessing the sustainability of biomass supply chains for energy exploitation
... For the social dimension of sustainability, the criterion used was the proximity of the CHP/pelleting plant to the municipality with the final heat consumers. Biomass-to- energy facilities are in many cases considered ...
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Wind-farm layout optimisation using a hybrid Jensen–LES approach
... Using Algorithm 2, we now optimise the wind-farm lay- out with a single constant wind direction given the set-up in Fig. 1 and wind coming from the left. Strictly speaking, this corresponds to the situation where f p ( µ ...
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Evaluating the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the Smoking Treatment Optimisation in Pharmacies (STOP) intervention: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
... Background: NHS community pharmacies provide effective smoking cessation services; however, there is scope for increasing throughput and improving quit rates. This trial examines whether the Smoking Treatment ...
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Stochastic Modelling of Aircraft Queues: A Review
... considered optimisation problems in which an airport capacity envelope (or sequence of envelopes) is given, and the objective is to choose a sequence of points ...
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Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Study of Mononuclear Ruthenium Water Oxidation Catalysts: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation
... One of the key challenges in designing light‐driven artificial photosynthesis devices is the optimisation of the catalytic water oxidation process. For this optimisation [r] ...
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An Interactive Optimisation Engine for Building Energy Performance Simulation
... Looking at the best solutions found in both processes, at 100 evaluations, NSGA-II has already produced a set of results (circles in Figure 9) that are better than those from the 1,000 randomly selected cases (crosses in ...
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