Multi-objective optimization design of the heating/cooling channels of the steam-heating rapid thermal response mold using particle swarm optimization

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 790-802

  Wang, Guilong ^a   Zhao, Guoqun ^a   Li, Huiping ^a   Guan, Yanjin ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heating cooling channel optimization; Injection molding; Multi objective optimization; Rapid heat cycle molding; Rapid heating and cooling; RHCM

Indexed keywords

BOX-BEHNKEN; CAVITY SURFACES; CHANNEL OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DESIGN VARIABLES; FATIGUE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE LIFE; HEAT CYCLE; HEATING CHANNELS; HEATING EFFICIENCIES; HEATING TIME; LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION; MOLD CAVITIES; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTI OBJECTIVE PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; QUADRATIC MODELS; QUADRATIC POLYNOMIAL; RAPID HEAT CYCLE MOLDING; RAPID-HEATING; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; RHCM; STRUCTURAL STRENGTH; TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL RESPONSE; VONMISES STRESS;

ALGORITHMS; COOLING; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEATING; INJECTION MOLDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLDS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

EID: 79952009248     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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