Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) are not mature enough yet for offshore wind farms, but they offer benefits compared to conventional Horizontal (HAWTs). Higher power densities, reduced wakes, lower center of mass, and different thrust curves make VAWTs an interesting option complement existing farms. The optimization farm layouts—finding the optimal positions turbines in a park—has proven cr...

With the fast development and utilization of underground space resource in cities, the spatial distribution of urban underground pipelines becomes more and more complex. How to efficiently utilize the latest technology, realize underground space resources' management, visualization, layout optimization and mine applications, are challenging issues in current digital city development. Taking int...

Discontinuity layout optimization (DLO) is a relatively new upper bound limit analysis method. Compared to classic topology methods, aimed at obtaining the optimum design of structure by considering its self-weight, building cost, or bearing capacity, DLO optimizes failure pattern under specific loading conditions and constraints minimizing dissipation energy. In this work, we present modified ...