OPTIMIZTION TECHNIQUES IN DESIGN

1. INTRODUCTION
General Characteristics of mechanical elements, adequate and optimum
design, principles of optimization, formulation of objective function, design
constraints Classification of optimization problem.
2. UNCONTRAINED OPTIMIZATION
Single variable and multivariable optimization, Techniques of
unconstrained minimization Golden section, pattern and gradient search
methods interpolation methods
3. CONTRAINED OPTIMIZATION
Optimization with equality and inequality constraints indirect methods
using penalty
function, Lagrange multipliers, Geometric programming Constrained
mixed inequality and unconstrained minimization, Genetic algorithms.
4. STATIC APPLICATIONS
Structural applications Design of simple truss members.. Design
applications Design of simple axial, transverse loaded members for
minimum cost, maximum weight design of shafts and torisioinally loaded
members Design of Springs
5. DYNAMIC APPLICATIONS
Dynamic Applications Optimum design of single, two degree of freedom
systems, vibration absorbers. Application in Mechanisms Optimum
design of simple linkage mechanisms.
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1. Classical Optimization Techniques

Engineering applications of optimization, statement of optimization problem,
classification of optimization problem, single variable optimization, multi variable
optimization with no constraint, equality constraint, in-equality constraint .

2. Linear Programming
Simplex algorithm, two phases of the simplex method, applications

3.Non-Linear Programming
One-dimensional minimization - exhaustive search, golden section method,
quasi-newton method, random search methods, Powells method

4.Modern Methods of Optimization

Genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, fuzzy optimization, neuralnetwork-based methods

5.Topology Optimization
Problem formulation and parameterization of design, solution methods,
topology optimization as a design tool, combining topology and shape
design, buckling problems, stress constraints

6. Evolutionary Structural Optimization (ESO) Methods ESO Based on

Stress Level, evolutionary methods, two-bar frame, Michell type structure, ESO
for stiffness or displacement optimization, Bi-directional Evolutionary Structural
Optimization (BESO) method, BESO Based on von Mises Stress, topology
optimization for natural frequency
References 1. Structural Optimization, Raphael T. Haftka and Zafer Gurdal,
Kluwer Academic Publishers
2. Practical Optimization Methods with Mathematical Applications, M. Asghar
Bhatti, Springer
3. Topology Optimization Theory, Methods and Applications, M. P. Bendse, Q.
Sigmund
4. Evolutionary Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures, Methods and
Applications, X. Huang, Y.M. Xie, Wiley, 2010
5. Engineering Optimization: Theory and Practice, Singiresu S. Rao, John Wiley &
Sons