Optimization of aircraft structural components by using nature-inspired algorithms and multi-fidelity approximations

Journal of Global Optimization

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 427-449

  Viana, Felipe A C ^a   Steffen, Valder ^a   Butkewitsch, Sergio ^b   De Freitas Leal, Marcus ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAER S A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant Colony Optimization; Genetic Algorithms; Particle Swarm Optimization; Pressure bulkhead optimization; Variable fidelity design

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ANALYSIS; AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS; ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; CANDIDATE SOLUTION; CLASSICAL OPTIMIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DESIGN SPACES; DIRECT SEARCH METHODS; HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION METHOD; HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE; HIGH FIDELITY; HIGH FIDELITY MODELS; INITIAL DESIGN; INTENSIVE COMPUTING; LINEAR ANALYSIS; LOW-FIDELITY MODELS; NELDER-MEAD SIMPLEX; NUMERICAL RESULTS; TRADEOFF SOLUTION; VARIABLE FIDELITY; VARIABLE FIDELITY DESIGN;

AIRCRAFT; APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; BINARY CODES; BULKHEADS (RETAINING WALLS); DESIGN; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

EID: 70349680767     PISSN: 09255001     EISSN: 15732916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10898-008-9383-x     Document Type: Article

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