Welcome
to the SIG Design Optimisation
ERCOFTAC Special Interest Group on Design Optimisation
organized by the
National Technical University of Athens, NTUA
(Lab. of Thermal Turbomachines)
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| Associate Professor K.C. Giannakoglou Parallel CFD & Optimization Unit Lab. of Thermal Turbomachines, School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Mailing Address: 9, Iroon Polytechniou, Polytechnioupolis Zografou, Athens 157 80, GREECE or: P.O. Box 64069, Athens 15710, Greece Tel.: (+30)210-772-1636, Fax: (+30)210-772-3789 kgianna@central.ntua.gr |
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Welcome
to the SIG Design Optimisation
Workshops,
Conferences and Events on Design Optimisation
Members
of the SIG Design Optimisation
Welcome to the Special Interest Group DESIGN OPTIMISATION
The computer-optimisation of engineering designs is one of the most powerful emerging technologies for many industries. Most technical designs are currently based on the intuition and the experience of the design engineer. In the future computer optimisation will greatly assist the engineer in the search for the optimal solution to a given problem. Due to the high CPU requirements for CFD simulations, computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has not been a natural first candidate for the application of optimisation methods. Yet, increased computer performance and advanced optimisation methods will allow the broad application of optimisation methods to CFD problems within a 3-5 year time frame.
The goal of the proposed SIG on design optimisation is to foster the spread of this technology in Europe. It will form a framework for closer co-operation between the research groups working on the subject and serve as a platform for the information exchange from science to industry. One of the most important goals is the transfer of information, and thereby technology, to companies not currently engaged in the technology.
These goals can best be achieved through regular workshops. The workshops will be organized to serve the following goals:
- To present the basic scientific concepts.
- To communicate the experience in the application of the technology.
- To foster communication between industry and academia.
- To discuss currently available as well as new concepts.
- To give an overview of existing software and methods.
- To define and run benchmark test cases.
SIG workshops will not be limited to CFD applications, as one of the goals of the organization is to benefit from the experience already gained in other areas such as structural mechanics and aeroacoustics.
Workshops, Conferences and Events on Design Optimisation:
- ERCOFTAC PC Germany South Technologietag
- April 5-7, 2006, ERCOFTAC Design Optimisation: Methods & Applications, Las Palmas de GC, Spain
- Workshop: Frontiers in Design & Simulation Research 2006
- OPTI 2007
Tenth International Conference on Optimum Design in Engineering
7 – 9 May 2007, Myrtle Beach, USA- Short Course on: Optimum Structural Design
Presented by Professor Santiago Hernandez, University of La Coruña, Spain
Recent Activites :
- First Meeting SIG Design Optimisation
- 12.-14. February, 2001, Munich: ERCOFTAC Training Course and Symposium "Basic Strategies on Design Optimisation"
- April 1st - 3rd, 2003: Munich, ERCOFTAC "Introductory Course to Design Optimisation"
- March 31 -April 2, 2004, ERCOFTAC Design Optimisation - Methods & Applications, International Conference and Advanced Course Program, Athens, Greece
- April 6-8, 2005 : ERCOFTAC "Introductory Course to Design Optimisation, Manchester, UK
- April 18-20, 2007 : ERCOFTAC "Introductory Course to Design Optimisation, Trieste, Italy
Useful Links on:
Optimisation:
Commercial Optimisation Tools:
Mesh Generation:
CFD:
References:
Books:
Baier, Horst: Optimierung in der Strukturmechanik, Brauchschweig, Wiesbaden, Vieweg, 1994
Eschenauer, H.; Koski, J,; Osyczka, A,: Multicriteria Design Optimisation, Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg 1990
Vanderplaats, G: Numerical Optimisation Techniques for Engineering Design With Applications, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1984
Mohammadi, B.; Pironneau, O.: Applied Shape Optimisation for Fluids, Oxford Science Publications, Clarendon Press, 2001
Genetic Algorithms and Evolution Strategies in Engineering and Computer Science, Quagliarella et al., John Wiley, 1998
Evolutionary Algorithms in Engineering and Computer Science, Miettinen et al.m Wiley, 1999
Goldberg, D.E., "Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimisation and Machine Learning", Addison-Wesley, 1989
Nissen, V., Einfuehrung in evolutionaere Algortihmen: Optimierung nach dem Vorbild der Evolution, Vieweg Verlag, Braunschweig, Wiesbaden, 1997
Nissen, V., Evolutionaere Algorithmen: Darstellung, Beispiele, betriebswirtschaftliche Anwendungsmoeglichkeiten, Dissertation, Universitaet Goettingen Deutscher Universitaets Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1994
Carlos A. Coello Coello, Dave A. Van Veldhuizen and Gary B.
Lamont, Evolutionary Algorithms for Solving Multi-Objective Problems, Kluwer
Academic Publishers, ISBN 0-3064-6762-3, May 2002.
Diwekar, U., Introduction to Applied Optimization, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 1-4020-7456-5
Optimization and Computational Fluid Dynamics; edited by Thevenin, D. and Janiga, G., ISBN 978-3-540-72152-9, Springer, 2007
Journals:
Papers:
Members of the SIG Design Optimisation:
Research and Development
Industry
Do you miss something concerning Design Optimisation or would you like to add some interesting information, please give me a short message:
kgianna@central.ntua.gr
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