Computational Methods for Optimal Design and Control: Proceedings of the AFOSR Workshop on Optimal Design and Control Arlington, Virginia 30 September-3 October, 1997

by J. Borggaard, John Burns, Scott Schreck

Overview

This book presents a variety of techniques to address these difficulties, including the significant progress in the development of new computational and mathematical tools for optimal design and control.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461272793
Publisher:	Birkhäuser Boston
Publication date:	10/11/2012
Series:	Progress in Systems and Control Theory , #24
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Pages:	460
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Optimal Disturbances in Boundary Layers.- MDO - A Mathematical View Point.- Optimization Using Surrogate Objectives on a Helicopter Test Example.- Observations in Adaptive Refinement Strategies for Optimal Design.- The Simplex Gradient and Noisy Optimization Problems.- Adjoint-Based Methods in Aerodynamic Design Optimization.- Semi-Automatic Differentiation.- Robust Reduced-Order Controller of Transitional Boundary Layers.- Modern Optimization Methods for Structural Optimization under Flutter Constraints.- On Shape Optimization and Related Issues.- Using Sensitivities for Flow Analysis.- Sensitivities in Computational Methods for Optimal Flow Control.- Fictitious Domain Approaches in Shape Optimization.- Process Modeling and Optimization: Issues and Challenges.- Automatic Differentiation and Navier-Stokes Computations.- Numerical Computation of Sensitivities and the Adjoint Approach.- Sensor/Actuator Placement via Optimal Distributed Control of Exterior Stokes Flow.- Fast Bounds for Outputs of Partial Differential Equations.- A Comparison of Local and Global Projections in Design Sensitivity Computations.- Gradients, Curvature, and Visual Tracking.- Adjoint Methods for Inverse Free Convection Problems with Application to Solidification Processes.- Shape Differential Equation with a Non Smooth Field.