22.10.2013 Views

cross section crash boxes

cross section crash boxes

cross section crash boxes

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

The mesh of sampling points are shown in Figure 5.6. Total 25 simulations were run for<br />

each design set in the response surface analysis.<br />

Figure 5.6. The mesh of sampling points of RSM optimization.<br />

The fmincon command of Matlab optimization tool box was implemented to<br />

maximum SEA values at the boundaries of independent variables (box thickness and<br />

foam relative density). fmincon attempts to find a constraint minimum of a scalar<br />

function of several variables starting from an initial estimate. This is generally referred<br />

as to constraint nonlinear optimization or nonlinear programming. The details of the<br />

Matlab optimization tool box is given in reference (Arora 2004).<br />

99

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!