A Non-probabilistic Reliability-based Optimization of Structures Using Convex Models
Fangyi Li1,2, Zhen Luo3, Jianhua Rong1, Lin Hu1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.95, No.6, pp. 453-482, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.095.453
Abstract This paper aims to propose a non-probabilistic reliability-based multiobjective optimization method for structures with uncertain-but-bounded parameters. A combination of the interval and ellipsoid convex models is used to account for the different groups of uncertain parameters, in which the interval model accounts for uncorrelated parameters, while the ellipsoid model is applied to correlated parameters. The design is then formulated as a nested double-loop optimization problem. A multi-objective genetic algorithm is used in the out loop optimization to optimize the design vector for evaluating the objectives, and the Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) algorithm is applied in… More >