Optimal shape design in biomimetics based on homogenization and adaptivity

OPTIMAL SHAPE DESIGN OF GRAVITY DAMS BASED ON A HYBRID META-HERURISTIC METHOD AND WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARES SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE

A hybrid meta-heuristic optimization method is introduced to efficiently find the optimal shape of concrete gravity dams including dam-water-foundation rock interaction subjected to earthquake loading. The hybrid meta-heuristic optimization method is based on a hybrid of gravitational search algorithm (GSA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO), which is called GSA-PSO. The operation of GSA-PSO...

Optimal design of micro-mechanisms by the homogenization method

The design of mechanisms for building micro-tools can be viewed as a shape optimization problem with a peculiar objective function. We propose such an optimization method based on homogenization, which is called topology optimization. RÉSUMÉ. La conception optimale de mécanismes, destinés par exemple à la fabrication de micro-mécanismes peut-être envisagée comme un problème d’optimisation de fo...

An Introduction to Homogenization and Bounds on Effective Properties Applied to Optimal Shape Design

Optimal Shape Design for a Cooling Pin Fin Connection Profil

A shape optimization problem of cooling fins for computer parts and integrated circuits is modeled and solved in this paper. The main purpose is to determine the shape of a two-dimensional pin fin, which leads to the maximum amount of removed heat. To do this, the shape optimization problem is defined as maximizing the norm of the Nusselt number distribution at the boundary of the pin fin's con...

A Novel Volcano Smoke Antenna with Optimal Shape

The design of a novel volcano smoke antenna for UWB indoor applications is presented. The design method is based on a general description for the geometry of UWB monopole antennas which is capable of producing most possible shapes for these antennas. It is also compatible with different optimization methods. In addition to a volcano smoke antenna, this method is used to design two optimized mon...