A finite element based level set method is proposed for structural topology optimization. Because both the level set equation and the reinitialization equation are advection dominated partial differential equations, the standard Galerkin finite element method may produce oscillating results. In this paper, both equations are solved using a streamline diffusion finite element method (SDFEM). The...

this paper focuses upon the development of an efficient method for conceptual design optimization of a satellite. there are many option for a satellite subsystems that could be choice, as acceptable solution to implement of a space system mission. every option should be assessment based on the different criteria such as cost, mass, reliability and technology contraint (complexity). in this rese...

augmented downhill simplex method (adsm) is introduced here, that is a heuristic combination of downhill simplex method (dsm) with random search algorithm. in fact, dsm is an interpretable nonlinear local optimization method. however, it is a local exploitation algorithm; so, it can be trapped in a local minimum. in contrast, random search is a global exploration, but less efficient. here, rand...

in the current work, different methods for optimization of turbine blade internal cooling are investigated, to achieve higher cyclic efficiency and output power for a typical gas turbine. a simple two-dimensional model of c3x blade is simulated and validated with available experimental data. the optimization process is performed on this model with two different methods. the first method is a po...