Application of a Method on Optimization of Thin-Walled Column's Crashworthiness Based on Metamodel

Abstract:

In this paper the crashworthiness of a thin-walled column is selected as the optimization goal and its section gauge size parameters are defined as variables. We use Optimal latin hypercube design method and ASA optimization method respectively to define sampling design points and find optimal design in Kriging metamodel, constructed using function values in FEM results at sampling design points. A design space updating method is introduced in this paper to reduce computational consumption and improve accuracy by several rounds of metamodeling and optimization, practice shows that object parameter SEA in each round converge to a final one, constrained by the demand of no weight added. High accuracy and rapid convergence of this method will be verified by comparison between results by this method and FEM.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 526)
• Pages: 109-114
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.526.109
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Yi Min Mo, Jie Zhang, Bing Heng Qin, Jun Cheng Lv
• Keywords: Crashworthiness, Design Space, Kriging Metamodle, Optimal Latin Hypercube Design, SEA, Thin-Walled Column

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