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Mirzaei, M. (author), Roshanian, J. (author), Nasrin Hosseini, S. (author)A gradient based method is presented for optimization of an airfoil configuration. The flow is governed by two dimensional, compressible Euler equations. A finite volume code based on unstructured grid is developed to solve the equations. The procedure is carried out for optimizing an airfoil with initial configuration of NACA 0012. The...conference paper 2006
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Oshyani, M.F. (author), Cats, O. (author)Bus travel times are subject to inherent and recurrent uncertainties. A real-time prediction scheme regarding how the transit system evolves will potentially facilitate more adaptive operations as well as more adaptive passengers’ decisions. This scheme should be tractable, sufficiently fast and reliable to be used in real time applications. For...conference paper 2014
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Lendering, K.T. (author), Jonkman, S.N. (author), Peters, D.J. (author)New ports are mostly constructed on low lying coastal areas or shallow coastal waters. The quay wall and terminal yard are raised to a level well above mean sea level to assure flood safety. The resulting ‘convention-al terminal’ requires large volumes of fill material often dredged from the sea, which is costly. The terminal yard of a ‘polder...conference paper 2013
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Daumas, L. (author), Dinh, Q.V. (author), Kleinveld, S. (author), Rogé, G. (author)Preliminary results on shape optimization of a wing-body configuration aiming at reducing sonic boom overpressure will be discussed. The optimization process uses a CAD modeler and an Euler CFD code with adjoint. Thickness, scale, twist and camber at section level were used to obtain gains in ground pressure signature.conference paper 2006
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Zheng, Y.F. (author), Zhang, L.L. (author), Zhang, J. (author)Due to the complexity of natural ground condition, consolidation settlement is usually difficult to predict. In this study, a Pareto multi-objective optimization based back analysis method for consolidation settlement is presented in this study. The model is a coupled flow and deformation model for unsaturated soil foundation which is...conference paper 2015
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Bletzinger, K.U. (author), Gallinger, T. (author), Kupzok, A. (author), Wüchner, R. (author)In this paper the possibility of the optimization of coupled problems in partitioned approaches is discussed. As a special focus, surface coupled problems of fluid-structure interaction are considered. Well established methods of optimization are analyzed for usage in the context of coupled problems and in particular for a solution through...conference paper 2006
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Wild, J. (author), Brezillon, J. (author), Mertins, R. (author), Quagliarella, D. (author), Germain, E. (author), Amoignon, O. (author), Moens, F. (author)The design activity within the EUROLIFT II project is targeted towards an improvement of the take-off performance of a generic transport aircraft configuration by a re-design of the trailing edge flap. The involved partners applied different optimization strategies as well as different types of flow solvers in order to cover a wide range of...conference paper 2006
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Oxman, N. (author), Laucks, J. (author), Kayser, M. (author), Uribe, C.D.G. (author), Duro-Royo, J. (author)The formation of non-woven fibre structures generated by the Bombyx mori silkworm is explored as a computational approach for shape and material optimization. Biological case studies are presented and a design approach for the use of silkworms as entities that can compute fibrous material organization is given in the context of an...conference paper 2013
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Dritsas, S. (author), Kalvo, R. (author), Sevtsuk, A. (author)We present a design-computation method of design-to-production automation and optimization in digital fabrication; an algorithmic process minimizing material use, reducing fabrication time and improving production costs of complex architectural form. Our system compacts structural elements of variable dimensions within fixed-size sheets of stock...conference paper 2013
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Bischiniotis, K. (author), Kanning, W. (author), Jonkman, S.N. (author)This research focuses on the optimization of river dikes using probabilistic methods. Its aim is to develop a generic method that automatically estimates the failure probabilities of many river dike cross-sections and gives the one with the least cost, taking into account the boundary conditions and the requirements that are set by the user....conference paper 2014
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Wang, D. (author), Abdalla, M.M. (author)Grid-stiffened composite structures, where the skin is stiffened by a lattice of stiffeners, not only allow for significant reduction in structural weight but are also competitive in terms of structural stability and damage tolerance compared with sandwich composite structures. As the development of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) technology...conference paper 2015
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Buob, M.O. (author), Uhlig, S. (author), Meulle, M. (author)BGP is used today by all Autonomous Systems (AS) in the Internet. Inside each AS, iBGP sessions distribute the external routes among the routers. In large ASs, relying on a fullmesh of iBGP sessions between routers is not scalable, so route-reflection is commonly used. The scalability of route-reflection compared to an iBGP full-mesh comes at...conference paper
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Maher, G.D. (author), Hulshoff, S.J. (author)The Variational Germano Identity [1, 2] is used to optimize the coefficients of residual-based subgrid-scale models that arise from the application of a Variational Multiscale Method [3, 4]. It is demonstrated that numerical iterative methods can be used to solve the Germano relations to obtain values for the parameters of subgrid-scale models...conference paper 2014
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Simons, D.G. (author), Snellen, M. (author), Siemes, K. (author)Seafloor characterization is important in many fields including hydrography, marine geology, coastal engineering and habitat mapping. The advantage of non-invasive acoustic methods for sediment characterization over conventional bottom grabbing is the nearly continuous versus sparse sensing and the enormous reduction in survey time and costs....conference paper 2009
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- Kumar, P. (author), Bauer, P. (author) conference paper 2007
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Bociort, F. (author), Van Turnhout, M. (author)Finding multiple local minima in the merit function landscape of optical system optimization is a difficult task, especially for complex designs that have a large number of variables. We discuss here a method that enables a rapid generation of new local minima for optical systems of arbitrary complexity. We have recently shown that saddle points...conference paper 2005
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Papadimitriou, D.I. (author), Giannakoglou, K.C. (author)This paper summarizes progress, recently made in the Lab. of Thermal Turbomachines of NTUA, on the formulation and use of the continuous adjoint methods in aerodynamic shape optimization problems. The basic features of state of the art adjoint methods and tools which are capable of handling arbitrary objective functions, cast in the form of...conference paper 2006
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Takenaka, T. (author), Okabe, A. (author)This paper proposes a computational form-finding method for integrating parametric origami design and acoustic engineering to find the best geometric form of a concert hall. The paper describes an application of this method to a concert hall design project in Japan. The method consists of three interactive subprograms: a parametric origami...conference paper 2013