2-LEVEL MULTIPOINT CONSTRAINT APPROXIMATION CONCEPT FOR STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION

被引：27
作者：
HUANG, H
XIA, RW
机构：
[1] School of Space Science and Technology, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing
来源：
STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION | 1995年 / 9卷 / 01期
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D O I：
10.1007/BF01742643
中图分类号：
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号：
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要：
A two-level multipoint approximation concept is proposed. Based upon the values and the first-order derivatives of the critical constraint functions at the points obtained in the procedure of optimization, explicit functions approximating the primal constraint functions have been created. The nonlinearities of the approximate functions are controlled to be near those of the constraint functions in their expansion domains. Based on the principle above, the first-level sequence of explicitly approximate problems used to solve the primarily structural optimization problem are constructed. Each of them is approximated again by the second-level sequence of approximate problems, which are formed by using the linear Taylor series expansion and then solved efficiently with dual theory. Typical numerical examples including optimum design for trusses and frames are solved to illustrate the power of the present method. The computational results show that the method is very efficient and no intermediate/generalized design variable is required to be selected. It testifies to the adaptability and generality of the method for complex problems.
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页码：38 / 45
页数：8
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