@Article{cmes.2008.025.081,
AUTHOR = {J.R.  Jimenez-Octavio, O.  Lopez-Garcia, E.  Pilo, A.  Carnicero},
TITLE = {Coupled Electromechanical Optimization of Power Transmission Lines},
JOURNAL = {Computer Modeling in Engineering \& Sciences},
VOLUME = {25},
YEAR = {2008},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {81--98},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/CMES/v25n2/25093},
ISSN = {1526-1506},
ABSTRACT = {This paper presents a multidisciplinary design and optimization method of power transmission lines. This optimization method solves both mechanical and electrical problems by a new strongly coupled method that also optimizes the potential designs using a genetic algorithm. A multi-objective function is formulated to simplify a constrained typical optimization problem into an unconstrained one. The scope of this work is the sizing and configuration optimization problem with fixed topology. The method is applied to a railway overhead transmission line. The genetic algorithm is applied to mechanical, electrical and electromechanical optimization problems obtaining good results. Finally, the solution of the electromechanical optimization problem is a trade-off between the multidisciplinary nature of the problem and the sort of optimization, sizing and configuration.},
DOI = {10.3970/cmes.2008.025.081}
}