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Multidisciplinary Optimization Procedure in Design Processes

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Emerging Methods for Multidisciplinary Optimization

Part of the book series: International Centre for Mechanical Sciences ((CISM,volume 425))

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An important goal of engineering activities is to improve existing and to develop novel technical designs, structural assemblies, and components. The “best-possible” or “optimal” structures / systems are the ones that correspond to the designer’s desired concepts, meeting at the same time the multidisciplinary requirements and/or specifications referring to manufacturing, assembling, operation, etc. In comparison with the “trial-and-error” approaches still used in the engineering environment and provided with considerable uncertainties, the determination of optimal solutions especially for large-scale and complex structures by means of continuously improved algorithms and strategies, so-called “emerging methods” is more reliable and efficient. These procedures will be a need in the design process in future, and they are already increasingly entering industrial practice. In the introductory chapter, three applications in Topology, Product and Process, and Robust Multicriteria Optimization are described.

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Eschenauer, H.A. (2001). Multidisciplinary Optimization Procedure in Design Processes. In: Blachut, J., Eschenauer, H.A. (eds) Emerging Methods for Multidisciplinary Optimization. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 425. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2756-8_1

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