Advances In Engineering Design And Optimization Iii

These are the proceedings of the third International Conference on Engineering Design and Optimization (ICEDO 2012), held on May 25-27th 2012 in Shaoxing (P.R. China). Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The 278 peer-reviewed papers are grouped into 4 chapters: Engineering Design - Theory and Practice; Product Design and Development; Manufacturing Systems Modeling and Optimization; Advanced Machining and Materials Processing Technology

Multibody systems are used extensively in the investigation of mechanical systems including structural and non-structural applications. It can be argued that among all the areas in solid mechanics the methodologies and applications associated to multibody dynamics are those that provide an ideal framework to aggregate d- ferent disciplines. This idea is clearly reflected, e. g. , in the multidisciplinary applications in biomechanics that use multibody dynamics to describe the motion of the biological entities, in finite elements where multibody dynamics provides - werful tools to describe large motion and kinematic restrictions between system components, in system control where the methodologies used in multibody dynamics are the prime form of describing the systems under analysis, or even in many - plications that involve fluid-structure interaction or aero elasticity. The development of industrial products or the development of analysis tools, using multibody dynamics methodologies, requires that the final result of the devel- ments are the best possible within some limitations, i. e. , they must be optimal. Furthermore, the performance of the developed systems must either be relatively insensitive to some of their design parameters or be sensitive in a controlled manner to other variables. Therefore, the sensitivity analysis of such systems is fundamental to support the decision making process. This book presents a broad range of tools for designing mechanical systems ranging from the kinematic and dynamic analysis of rigid and flexible multibody systems to their advanced optimization.

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). This work covers Engineering Design Theory and Methodology, Product Design and Development, Simulation and Engineering Optimization, Manufacturing Systems Modeling and Optimization, Advanced Machining and Materials Processing Technology, as well as Engineering Mechanics and Application. The contents cover two main engineering problems: those that are directly related to the design and optimization of engineered products, and those that are related to the design and optimization of engineering processes. This book is an excellent guide to them both.

This book summarizes advances in a number of fundamental areas of optimization with application in engineering design. The selection of the 'best' or 'optimum' design has long been a major concern of designers and in recent years interest has grown in applying mathematical optimization techniques to design of large engineering and industrial systems, and in using the computer-aided design packages with optimization capabilities which are now available.

Engineering design and optimization are important tasks, and activities which are essential for the success of product development and application. Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). This two-volume book is a collection of 349 peer-reviewed papers that present state-of-the-art research results in the broad areas of engineering design and optimization; including those that are directly related to the design and optimization of engineered products, and those that are related to the design and optimization of engineering processes where the latter are essential to the manufacturing process.

A rigorous yet accessible graduate textbook covering both fundamental and advanced optimization theory and algorithms.

This two-volume book is a collection of 349 peer-reviewed papers that present research results in the broad areas of engineering design and optimization; including those that are directly related to the design and optimization of engineered products, and those that are related to the design and optimization of engineering processes where the latter are essential to the manufacturing process. The list of relevant topics includes: Engineering Design Theory and Methodology, Product Design and Development, Simulation and Engineering Optimization, Manufacturing Systems Modeling and Optimization, and Machining and Materials Processing Technology.