Browsing Dissertations & Theses by Author "Wang, Bo Ping"
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Analysis And Optimal Design Of Beams Using Radial Basis Function
Sun, Yung-Kang (Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The application of Multiquadric Radial Basis Function (MQ RBF) in the analysis and optimal design of beams are addressed in this dissertation. For static analysis, a new Least Square Collocation (LSC) method is introduced. ... -
Applications Of Sensitivity Data To Eigensolution Reanalysis Of Modified Structures
Patadia, Chandrashekhar Sureshchandra (Mechanical Engineering, 2010-11-01)Methods of computing eigensolution sensitivity have been known for a long time. Both exact and approximate methods are available in the literature. While eigenvalue sensitivity is used routinely in structural optimization ... -
Crashworthiness Design Optimization Using Surrogate Models
Tho, Cheng-Ho (Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Despite the advances in computer technology, the enormous computational cost associated with the large-scale and complex nonlinear crashworthiness simulations renders it to be impractical to rely exclusively on computer ... -
Design Optimization And Synthesis Of Manipulators Based On Various Manipulation Indices
Bagchi, Sandipak (Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Design optimization of serial manipulators involves striking a balance between an appropriate joint angle and exact link lengths. The optimization technique used in this thesis uses a unique algorithm that optimizes the ... -
Design Optimization Of A Wind Turbine Blade
Koratagere Srinivasa Raju, Bharath (Aerospace Engineering, 2011-07-14)This work focuses on designing a blade of 45 meters in length that produces a power of 1.6 MW. The design of the blade was done using the Blade Element Momentum theory and the Prandtl's tip loss factor was used. The ... -
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF AN ELASTICALLY SUPPORTED MULTI-BEAM ROTORDYNAMIC SYSTEM TO MINIMIZE FLEXURAL RESPONSE WITH CONSIDERATIONS FOR ROBUSTNESS
Hauser, Bret R; 0000-0003-3809-4105 (2020-04-08)Modern rotating machines are often required to operate with a small physical footprint and/or overall weight; necessitating that they utilize wide-ranging shaft speed to accomplish needed power levels. It is not uncommon ... -
Design Optimization of Pressure Vessel with Particular Design Considerations
Patel, Artik; 0000-0002-0130-0166 (2016-12-19)The pressure vessels in industries are generally designed with a high safety factor because the rupture of a pressure vessel can be extremely dangerous. A vessel that is poorly designed or ineffectively designed to handle ... -
Design Optimization Using Augmented Lagrangian Particle Swarm Optimization
Thenehalli, Chethan Shivappa (Mechanical Engineering, 2011-07-14)Engineering optimization problems normally include multiple, non-trivial, non-linear constraints. Traditionally gradient based optimization methods were used to solve these types of problems because of their high computational ... -
HOLE SIZE, LOCATION OPTIMIZATION IN A PLATE AND CYLINDRICAL SHELL FOR MINIMUM STRESS POINTS INTERFACING ANSYS AND MATLAB
Thangavel, Soundararaj (2016-12-20)Discontinuities in Structures are inevitable. One such discontinuity in a plate and cylindrical shell is presence of a hole / holes. In Plates they are used for mounting bolts where as in Cylinder / Pressure Vessel, they ... -
Investigation Of Minimum Response For Damage Assessment
Kirk, Jeffrey (Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Assessment of structural damage based on changes in vibratory response characteristics has been researched for many years, with much attention directed toward the use of modal parameters. Modal responses contribute to ... -
MINIMIZING STRUCTURAL JITTER IN OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEMS USING PARAMETRIC DYNAMIC RESPONSE OPTIMIZATION
Scott, Richard Lynn; 0000-0001-6469-461X (2018-11-26)Deployed in manned and unmanned aircraft, military and commercial ground vehicles, and security and monitoring systems, optical sensor systems are ubiquitous. Developing an optical sensor system includes calculating image ... -
Mode Truncation Analysis In Forced Response Of Structural Dynamics
Neela, Sravan Kumar (Mechanical Engineering, 2012-04-11)Mode truncation in Modal analysis is an important problem and should be addressed with an effective truncation criterion. The truncation errors are considered as error forces and these error limits can be used to select ... -
Multi-mesh reduced-order basis method for finite element analysis
Akbariyeh, Ashkan; 0000-0002-4806-7883 (2017-08-16)Reduced order modeling of differential equations parametrized over a parameter space can be used to accelerate optimization and parameter estimation problems. The method of snapshots or reduced order basis is well established ... -
Optimal Design Of A Parallel Beam System With Elastic Supports To Minimize Flexural Response To Harmonic Loading
Hauser, Bret R.Mechanical systems subject to vibration are prevalent across many industries. Harmonic problems can be especially challenging to optimize due to the likelihood that the response will be multi-modal; influenced by system ... -
Optimal Design Of Beams
Samala, Shivakumar (Aerospace Engineering, 2014-03-12)Beams are basic structural components that are capable of withstanding load primarily by resisting bending. Unlike Euler-Bernoulli beams, Timoshenko beams undergo both shear deformation and rotational effects, making it ... -
Optimization of Aircraft Tow Steered Composite Wing Structures
Henson, Michael Chamberlain; 0000-0003-4637-0229 (2018-01-03)An efficient methodology for design of aircraft composite wing structures is presented. The developed approach provides a flexible and integrated strategy to leverage advantages of composite material tow steering to achieve ... -
Optimization Of The Tool Path In A Robotic Environment
Narasimhan, Mukund Venkatachari (Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The rising costs and demand coupled with shrinking energy generating resources has triggered the need for optimum use of energy resources, minimizing the overhead costs and maximizing the profits. Robots have been long ... -
Reanalysis For Static And Steady State Structure Response
Parikh, Kunal Rohit (Mechanical Engineering, 2011-03-03)Reanalysis of a structure has become very important in structural analysis, as it reduces the cost and the computational time required to measure the response of the structure after it has been modified. As the importance ... -
Structural Optimization Using Ansys Classic And Radial Basis Function Based Response Surface Models
Krishna, Vijay (Mechanical Engineering, 2009-09-16)This thesis describes a methodology to develop an effective and simple structural optimization method using Response Surfaces. It also further demonstrates how these Response Surfaces can then be utilized for further Multi ... -
Structural Optimization Using Femlab And Smooth Support Vector Regression
Odapally, Divija (Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)In recent years support vector machine (SVM) has been emerging as a popular tool for function approximation. Application of SVM for approximation of mathematical functions and complex engineering analysis has been represented ...