Optimization in Industry Conference, Palm Coast, Florida
Authors: Dipankar K. Ghosh and Garret N. VanderplaatsPublication Date: March 23-27, 1997
Abstract:
The development of a design study tool to couple optimization technology with sophisticated analysis software is presented. A graphical user-interface (GUI) to the general purpose optimization software, DOC/DOT, has been developed. Using this GUI, DOC/DOT has been coupled with third-party nonlinear analysis software products to perform design optimization. Using different GUI objects, the design optimization task is created. Once the optimization task has been defined, the user executes the optimization. The user may also view the results of optimization such as optimization history and critical constraint history by using appropriate windows and visualization tools provided within the graphical user interface. Interfaces to ABAQUS/Standard and LSDYNA3D software packages have already been completed, and many other third-party software are presently being considered. The overall program capabilities are demonstrated using physical examples.