Stacking Sequence Optimization for a Laminated Cylindrical Shell using the Simplex Algorithm

Author(s):  
M.H. Yas ◽  
M. Shakeri ◽  
R. Khaksar
Author(s):  
M H Yas ◽  
M Shakeri ◽  
N Khaksar

In this paper, stacking sequence optimization of a laminated cylindrical shell for obtaining maximum natural frequency has been studied. The anisotropic cylindrical shell has finite length with simply supported conditions at both ends. Three-dimensional elasticity approaches are used to obtain the objective function. To perform optimization, a hybrid method, combining Tabu search (TS) and simplex search (SS) is used. TS allows the solution space to be widely covered. To stimulate the search towards solutions far from the current one, and to avoid the risk of being trapped into a local maximum, SS is used to accelerate the convergence towards a maximum. The Nelder—Mead simplex algorithm is a powerful classic local descent algorithm that does not use the objective function derivative. Therefore, the exploration is performed with a TS and then exploitation is done with a Nelder—Mead SS. Finally, in the numerical results, the efficiency of this combined approach has been demonstrated for a multi-layered composite cylindrical shell and compared with the pure global method.


2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (0) ◽  
pp. _167-1_-_167-6_
Author(s):  
Ryoji AOKI ◽  
Eui Sup Shin ◽  
Yoshihiro NARITA ◽  
Katsuhiko SASAKI

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