Mini Symposium Details

12: Multidisciplinary and Structural Design Optimization

• E. J. Wehrle, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Multidisciplinary and structural design optimization is the pursuit of the optimal in engineering design. Especially with the advance of computational technology in recent years, multidisciplinary and structural design optimization has seen great developments, in both academia and industry. The scope as well as size of problems has increased drastically, which in turn has complicated both implementation and theory. Problems have far exceeded the static structural problems of the past to include parameter uncertainty, fluid–structure interaction and nonlinear problems (including even automotive crash cases).

In this minisymposium, the current state-of-the-research is to be presented in this ever advancing field in search of the optimum. Contributions are welcome in the following topics of interest:

• New algorithms for engineering optimization
• Efficient sensitivity analysis methods
• Approximation-based design optimization methods
• Novel topology and shape parametrization
• Postprocessing methods of design optimization results
• Inclusion of manufacturing aspects in design optimization, especially (but not limited to) for additive manufacturing
• Design optimization under uncertainty
• Design optimization of highly nonlinear problems, including crash
• Multibody dynamic applications
• Design optimization with fluid–structure interaction
• Structural-mechanical optimization with automotive and aerospace applications