An improved initial population strategy for compliant mechanism designs using evolutionary optimization

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2008, Pages 1175-1184

  Sharma, Deepak ^a   Deb, Kalyanmoy ^a   Kishore, N N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLAINT MECHANISMS; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; CONTINUUM STRUCTURES; EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATIONS; INITIAL POPULATION; INPUT ENERGY; LOCAL SEARCH; MAXIMUM STRESS; NONDOMINATED SOLUTIONS; NSGA-II; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PARTICULAR SOLUTION; PRECISION POINT; SINGLE OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGICAL CHANGES; TWO-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANISMS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TOPOLOGY;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 81155124385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2008-49187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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