Analysis Design Productivity Limited
Design Optimization.
Audience
The design optimization course is aimed at experienced ANSYS users who wish to perform parametric design studies. The course is applicable to all capabilities of ANSYS, but during the course emphasis will be upon structural analysis to explain the optimization procedures.
Recommended background knowledge
- Engineering degree or engineering experience.
- Familiarity with ANSYS (Course S_I1 or equivalent experience).
Topics Covered
- Overview - definitions, concepts, terminology
- Parametric Modeling - APDL basics, guidelines, preparing an analysis file
- Optimizing the Design - definition, procedure, restarts
- Exploring the Design Domain - definition of tools, procedure
- Optimization - methods, guidelines
- Robust Design - definition, use of tools
- Probabilistic Design Systems (PDS)
- Topological Optimization - definition, background theory, procedure
Sample Workshops
- Using APDL to minimize the cost of a trip
- Parametric modeling and optimization of a rotating disk
- Optimization of a hexagonal steel plate
- Optimizing a ribbed tray
- Robust design of a magnetic actuator
- Conceptual design of an arched bridge
Objectives
- To be able to generate parametric models
- Optimize designs of parametric models
- Experiment with different designs
- Work with the optimization database
- Build conceptual designs
- Use discrete design variables during optimization
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