A hybrid method for truss mass minimization considering uncertainties

DOI10.1155/2017/2324316MaRDI QIDQ1992495zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors H. M. Gomes, Leandro L. Corso

Publication date 5 November 2018

Published in Mathematical Problems in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/2324316

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reliability and life testing (62N05) Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research (90B25)

Review text

Summary: In real-world structural problems, a number of factors may cause geometric imperfections, load variability, or even uncertainties in material properties. Therefore, a deterministic optimization procedure may fail to account such uncertainties present in the actual system leading to optimum designs that are not reliable; the designed system may show excessive safety or sometimes not sufficient reliability to carry applied load due to uncertainties. In this paper, we introduce a hybrid reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) algorithm based on the genetic operations of Genetic Algorithm, the position and velocity update of the Particle Swarm Algorithm (for global exploration), and the sequential quadratic programming, for local search. The First-Order Reliability Method is used to account uncertainty in design and parameter variables and to evaluate the associated reliability. The hybrid method is analyzed based on RBDO benchmark examples that range from simple to complex truss parametric sizing optimizations with stress, displacements, and frequency deterministic and probabilistic constraints. The proposed final problem, which cannot be handled by single loop RBDO algorithms, highlights the importance of the proposed approach in cases where the discrete design variables are also random variables.

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