Integrating and automating finite element analysis and optimization on PCs
by Tso-Chien Pan, Shih-Fu Ling, Ching-Huan Tseng
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT), Vol. 7, No. 3/4/5/6, 1994

Abstract: The development of an interface coupling program on PCs for a finite element analysis software system, SAP90, with an optimisation software system, MOST, is presented. By controlling and directing the communications, the interface coupling program integrates the two programs while retaining their versatility and interactive features. The integrated system is applied to a numerical example for the minimisation of steady-state dynamic loads transmitted from a vehicle exhaust pipe system. The interface coupling program automates, at a relatively low cost, the usually time-consuming iterative process for optimising an engineering system, while remaining flexible in structural modelling and efficient in equation solving.

Online publication date: Mon, 09-Jun-2014

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