Title
Stochastic Optimization for mechanical structures
Abstract
The Stochastic Optimization Problem is well known in mathematics and operations research. Due to increasing demands for performance improvement together with reduced weight and costs the introduction of uncertainties into optimization problems in mechanical engineering is also necessary. In a number of papers this Stochastic Structural Optimization Problem is formulated and solved only within certain limiting assumptions. This paper presents a general definition of the Stochastic Structural Optimization Problem. Furthermore one solution technique based on reliability calculation is presented. With this technique the use of an augmented optimization loop based on Mathematical Programming is possible. The use of the developed tool for reliability calculations and optimization is demonstrated for complex mechanical structures.
Year
DOI
Venue
1997
10.1007/BF01194862
Math. Meth. of OR
Keywords
Field
DocType
structural mechanical application examples.,stochastic struc- tural optimization," failure probability of mechanical structures,optimization procedure,mathematical programming,mechanical engineering,stochastic optimization,operations research,optimization problem
Continuous optimization,Mathematical optimization,Probabilistic-based design optimization,Stochastic optimization,Robust optimization,Discrete optimization,Stochastic programming,Engineering optimization,Optimization problem,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
46
3
1432-5217
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Thomas Vietor151.75