Current Computer Aided Design (CAD) software tools focus on rapid production of computer models, which usually takes place after the product design is completed. The product design process, which has more significant influence on product life-cycle costs, is not fully supported. This work documents the development of an automatic design and optimization system for industrial silencers. The deve...

ii ABSTRACT In certain types of fleet systems, the environmental impacts of fleet operation are, to some extent, a controllable function of vehicle routing and scheduling decisions. However, there has been little prior work that has considered environmental impacts in fleet vehicle routing and scheduling optimization, in particular, where the impacts were assessed systematically utilizing life-...

Further research has been done in order to reduce the energy consumption of the mine roadway wireless sensor nodes and prolong the lifetime of the network. On the basis of analysis and study on the existing linear wireless sensor network nodes deployment, the node distance optimization deployment scheme with sinks in the center is proposed. The calculation method for optimized distance between ...

In this paper, a Pareto multiobjective optimization is performed to design new luminaires, finding the optimal forward current, number of LEDs and proper heatsink by taking into account the cost, the energy consumption and the impact on the environment (life cycle analysis from cradle to grave). Three commercialized white LEDs have been studied and modelled in terms of optical, electrical, ther...