Development of a Microcomputer-based engineering Design Optimization software package
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Authors
Booth, Richard L.
Subjects
Optimization
Microcomputer
Desktop Computer
Engineering Design
Microcomputer
Desktop Computer
Engineering Design
Advisors
Vanderplaats, G.N.
Date of Issue
1983-12
Date
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
A general purpose software package was developed to
perform nonlinear constrained optimization of user-defined
engineering design problems of significant complexity using
desktop computers. The package, designated Microcomputerbased
Design Optimization Tool (MDOT), will accept nonlinear
functions of up to ten variables, which may be bounded, with
as many as fifty constraints. It was implemented on a
Hewlett-Packard Model 85 microcomputer with 32 Kbytes of
random access memory.
MDOT employs the method of feasible directions for constrained
optimization, and a variable metric method for
unconstrained functions. It is interactive, provides for
monitoring the optimization progress, and can be interrupted
to restart from a new point in the design space. Typical
applications of MDOT are in the design of machine components,
composite laminates, and piping systems.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
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NPS Report Number
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Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.