Optimal design of pressure vessel using an improved genetic algorithm

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science A

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1264-1269

  Liu, Peng Fei ^a   Xu, Ping ^a   Han, Shu Xin ^b   Zheng, Jin Yang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hangzhou Special Equipment Inspection Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis (FEA); Genetic algorithm (GA); Optimal design; Pressure vessel; Simulated annealing (SA)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANNEALING; BOILERS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; CAISSONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRESSURE VESSELS;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); GENETIC ALGORITHM (GA); OPTIMAL DESIGN; PRESSURE VESSEL; SIMULATED ANNEALING (SA);

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 50849125400     PISSN: 1673565X     EISSN: 18621775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A0820217     Document Type: Article

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