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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2014.38.12.1403

Basic Study on Performance Comparison of Structural Optimization Software Systems  

Choi, Wook Han (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang Univ.)
Huang, Cheng Guo (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang Univ.)
Park, Gyung-Jin (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang Univ.)
Kim, Tai-Kyung (School of Mechanical Engineering, Hoseo Univ.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.38, no.12, 2014 , pp. 1403-1413 More about this Journal
Abstract
Structural optimization is widely accepted in industrial fields. Structural optimization pursues improved performance of the structures. Recently, structural optimization is actively utilized due to the well-developed commercial design software systems. Three popular commercial structural optimization systems are investigated and compared. They are MSC.Nastran, Genesis and OptiStruct. The performance of the systems is analyzed based on the quality of the optimum solution and the computational time. Linear static response size, shape and topology optimizations are explored and compared with some test examples. For fair comparison, the systems are run in the same environment and the optimization parameters affecting the performance are unified. The optimization results are analyzed and the performances and characteristics of each software system are discussed.
Keywords
Structural Optimization; Design Software; Performance Comparison;
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