ERCOFTAC Special Interest Group on Design Optimisation

organized by the

ERCOFTAC Pilot Center Germany South

ERCOFTAC

Introductory Course to

Garching/Munich, April 1^st-3^rd, 2003

Tel. +49 (0)89 289 - 16307 ; Fax: - 16297

Design Optimisation

Computer-optimisation of engineering designs is a powerful emerging technology. Currently, technical designs are based on the intuition and the experience of design engineers. In the future, computer optimisation will assist in the search for optimal technical solutions.

Automated design optimisation technology has already been applied to numerous problems. Many of the applications are in the area of Computational Structural Mechanics (CSM). Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has not been a natural first candidate for the application of optimisation methods, due to the high CPU requirements for CFD simulations. This is a challenge, as optimisation methods require a significant number of solution points in parameter space in order to arrive at an improved design. However, substantial effort has been devoted in recent years to this problem and efficient solution strategies have been developed. This, in combination with the decreasing cost of computer hardware, has moved the technology within reach of industrial CFD users.

In recognition of the growing importance of Design Optimisation to industrial CFD applications, ERCOFTAC has established a Special Interest Group (SIG) on this subject at its Pilot Centre in Munich. It is intended as a platform for the information exchange from science to industry. An important goal is to give companies not currently engaged in computer optimisation an overview over existing concepts.

The course will offer an introduction by experts to the basic methods used in design optimisation. Furthermore, various test cases are presented for hands-on training to develop basic skills in problem definition, set-up of applications, use of different methods and solution evaluation. Finally, the course will feature short presentations of commercial software tools as well as a free presentation of academic and commercial software tools and test cases.

The presentations will cover:

• Genetic Algorithms

• Evolution Strategies

• Gradient-bases Methods

• Sensitivity Analysis

• Neural Networks

• Optimisation Set-Up

• Commercial Optimisation Tools

• Test Cases

ERCOFTAC was able to attract some of Europe’s most prominent experts in design optimisation. The presentations are targeted for a technical audience. Participants do not require prior knowledge of the subject.

Institute of Fluid Mechanics / Hydraulic Machinery Department
Technical University Munich
Boltzmannstr. 15
85748 Garching
Room No. 2711

1^st April, 2003

13:00 - 13:15	Opening, Prof. Schilling, TU Munich
13:15 - 14:00	Introduction in Design Optimisation, Prof. Baier, TU Munich
14:00 - 14:45	Geometry handling and Parametrisation, Prof. Schilling, TU Munich
14:45 - 15:30	Gradientbased Methods, Mr. Hörnlein, EADS Military Aircraft
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee
16:00 - 16:45	Decision Making Tools, Prof. Sen, Univ. Newcastle
16:45 - 17:30	Neural Networks, Prof. v.d. Braembussche, VKI
17:30 - 18:15	Design of Experiments, Prof. Poloni, Univ. Trieste
19:30 -	Social Event

 

2^nd April, 2003 

9:00 – 9:45	Evolutionary Strategies, Prof. Bäck, Leiden University
9:45 - 10:30	Introduction in Sensitivity Analysis, Prof. Griewank, Univ. Dresden
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee
11:00 - 11:45	Adjoint Methods, Dr. Gauger, DLR
11:45 - 12:30	Automatic Differentiation, Dr. Hascoet, INRIA
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch

14:00 - 14:45	Genetic Algorithms,   Prof. Giannakoglou, Technical University of Athens
14:45 - 15:30	Test Cases, Applications and Real Time Design,   Prof. Schilling, TU Munich
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee
Short Presentation of Commercial Software Tools
16:00 - 16:20	Optimisation Tools,  NuTech Solutions
16:20 - 16:40	Frontier / CFX-5, Enginsoft - ESTECO, CFX
16:40 - 17:00	iSight, Engineous Software GmbH
17:00 - 17:20	Fine/Design3d, Numeca
17:20 - 17:40	EASY, National Technical University of Athens
19:30 -	Social Event

 3^rd April, 2003 

9:00 - 16:00	Hands-on training with prepared testcases
16.00 - 16.15	Closing, Prof. Schilling, TU Munich

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