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Chapter 5 Robust Performance Tailoring with Tuning - SSL - MIT

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problem of minimizing a dynamic cost, RMS performance, by varying geometric prop-<br />

erties of the structure, cross-sectional diameters and mass distribution, is addressed.<br />

The design variables are introduced and practical constraints as well as analytical<br />

calculation of cost gradients are discussed.<br />

Two well-known optimization algorithms, sequential quadratic programming (SQP)<br />

and simulated annealing (SA), are applied to the problem. The results are compared<br />

for performance and efficiency and it is found that this particular problem can be<br />

solved <strong>with</strong> a combination of heuristic and gradient methods <strong>with</strong> reasonable com-<br />

putational effort. The PT design obtained through a heuristic SQP approach shows<br />

dramatic improvement in performance over the nominal design. The nominal and PT<br />

designs are examined in detail to understand why the tailored design produces such<br />

a large improvement in performance RMS.<br />

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