Population growth, urbanization, and climate change have significantly contributed to environmental degradation, posing severe consequences for humans and other species. By integrating ecological objectives with human-centric goals, a path towards a...
To analyze the impact of different objective functions and additive manufacturing (AM) constraints on structural topology optimization, it is necessary to perform an in-depth comparative study. This analysis should consider specific structural design...
Most frameworks for dealing with the complexity of designing for the circular economy have limitations in terms of correlating different domains of knowledge, correlating highly complex design strategies, and facilitating the process of design strate...
Public transportation can have an efficient role ingainingtraveler satisfaction while decreasing operation costs through establishing an integrated public transit system. The main objective of this research is to propose an integrated multimodal tran...
Snow removal vehicles operate under severe working conditions, and the snowplow mounting frame is a critical structural component responsible for transmitting loads generated during snow-removal operations. To improve material utilization and reduce...
Design requirement is as important in aerodynamic design as in other industries because it sets up the objective for the samples in design space to approach. Natural Laminar Flow (NLF) optimization belongs to the type of aerodynamic design problems f...
Biomimetic robotic fish systems have attracted huge attention due to the advantages of flexibility and adaptability. They are typically complex systems that involve many disciplines. The design of robotic fish is a multi-objective multidisciplinary d...
In this paper, a multi-objective optimisation method based on the Non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II) is proposed, which proves to be effective in solving the computer-aided molecular design (CAMD) problem in the design of solvents f...
Antoine’s Equation is commonly used to explain the relationship between vapour pressure and temperature for substances of industrial interest. This paper sets out a combined strategy to obtain optimal designs for the Antoine Equation for D- and...
In this paper, design for change is explored as a means of contributing to socio-economic equity while minimising environmental damage. To create a material culture capable of accommodating technological progress and aesthetic development while also...
Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is considered a promising heat-to-power technology to utilize waste heat and renewable energy, including solar, biomass and geothermal. However, since the thermodynamic, economic and environmental performance is usually co...
The multi-objective design optimization of water distribution systems (WDS) is to find the Pareto front of optimal designs of WDS for two or more conflicting design objectives. The most popular conflicting objectives considered for the design of WDS...
This paper is concerned with the application of computational intelligence techniques to the conceptual design and development of a large-scale floating settlement. The settlement in question is a design for the area of Urla, which is a rural tourist...
The distributed propulsion system applied to the vertical take-off and landing aircraft must maintain the high performance in both hover and cruise flight. The gap of the power unit has an adverse effect on the distributed ducted fan system, especial...
A large space of chemicals with broad industrial and consumer applications could be synthesized by engineered microbial biocatalysts. However, the current strain optimization process is prohibitively laborious and costly to produce one target chemica...
This paper presents a multi-problem surrogate-assisted evolutionary multi-objective optimization approach for antenna design. By transforming the traditional antenna design optimization problem into expensive multi-objective optimization problems, th...
This paper analyses the multi-objective design of an inductor for a DC-DC buck converter. The core volume and total losses are the two competing objectives, which should be minimised while satisfying the design constraints on the required differentia...
Water scarcity and increasing climate variability have strengthened the demand for effective weather-modification technologies such as cloud seeding. In Thailand, conventional manned rainmaking aircraft remain constrained by operational range, safety...
The first synthetic polymers were introduced as constituents of everyday life, design objects, and artworks at the end of the 19th century. Since then, the history of design has been strictly connected with the 20th century evolution of plastic mater...
In the field of three-dimensional object design and fabrication, this paper explores the transformative potential at the intersection of biomaterials, biopolymers, and additive manufacturing. Drawing inspiration from the intricate designs found in th...
This study proposes a biomimetic multi-objective optimization framework for airflow distribution design in mine ventilation systems by integrating sensitivity screening with an improved multi-objective sparrow search algorithm (IMOSSA). The design pr...
Aiming at maximizing waveform diversity gain when designing a phase-coded multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar waveform set, it is desirable that all waveforms are orthogonal to each other. Hence, the lowest possible peak cross-correlation rat...
Permanent magnet torque motor (PMTM) is widely used in aerospace, computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools, and industrial robots with many advantages such as high torque density, strong overload capacity, and low torque ripple. With the upgrad...
Electro-hydrostatic actuators (EHAs) combine the advantages of electric and hydraulic actuation, and it results in a preferable solution for heavy load actuation. The required power level of the EHA is increasing because it is being introduced to lar...
Underwater object detection is an important task in marine exploration. The existing autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designs typically lack an integrated object detection module and are constrained by communication limitations in underwater envir...
Developing spacecraft for efficient aerocapture missions demands managing extreme aerothermal environments, precise controls, and atmospheric uncertainties. Successful designs must integrate vehicle airframe considerations with trajectory planning, a...
Fluid off-takes and complex delivery ducts are common in many engineering systems but designing them can be a challenging task. At the conceptual design phase many system parameters are open to consideration and preliminary design studies are necessa...
The styling design of engineering equipment is jointly constrained by functional requirements, structural characteristics, and professional application contexts. Therefore, design decisions need to consider both subjective Kansei preferences and obje...
Renting is, like owning a house, a way to realize residence rights, playing an important role in maintaining the equilibrium of the housing market. The lack of attention paid to policy design of the rental housing market causes low effectiveness in t...
We present a technique that includes the principles of selecting the layout of the optical scheme and recommendations for the choice of the initial design parameters for designing ultra-high-aperture dual-range athermal infrared objectives. The versa...
The shape design of the Tubular Linear Synchronous Motor (TLSM) is a critical engineeri ng optimization problem which was handled as single- and multi-objective optimization frameworks. However, the different practical constraints for the TLSM design...
This article presents a new holistic multi-objective design approach for the optimization of Arctic Offshore Supply Vessels (OSVs) for cost- and eco-efficiency. The approach is intended to be used in the conceptual design phase of an Arctic OSV. It i...
In this study, efficient global optimization (EGO) with a multi-fidelity hybrid surrogate model for multi-objective optimization is proposed to solve multi-objective real-world design problems. In the proposed approach, a design exploration is carrie...
The Cusped Field Thruster (CFT) concept has demonstrated significantly improved performance over the Hall Effect Thruster and the Gridded Ion Thruster; however, little is understood about the complexities of the interactions and interdependencies of...
The multiple objective version of the tabu search (TS algorithm was initially developed by Baykasoglu et al [1-3]. The idea of applying tabu search to multiple objective optimization, inspired from its solution structure, in which tabu search works...
This study presents a comprehensive multi-objective optimization framework specifically designed for micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). The framework integrates both traditional and adaptive optimization techniques, named Surrogate-Assisted Mult...
One of the basic components of Industry 4.0 is the design of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS), which involves the choice of parameters to optimize its performance. Discrete event simulation (DES) models allow the user to understand the operation...
As a Kansei engineering design expert system, the product form design multi-objective evolutionary algorithm model (PFDMOEAM) contains various methods. Among them, the multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) is the key to determine the performa...
The design of energy systems is very important in order to reduce operating costs and guarantee the reliability of a system. This paper proposes a new algorithm to solve the design problem of optimal multi-objective redundancy of series-parallel powe...
A synthetic review of the application of multi-objective optimization models to the design of climate-responsive buildings and neighbourhoods is carried out. The review focused on the software utilized during both simulation and optimization stages,...
To improve the quality of starting torque and suspension force, a composite cage rotor bearingless induction motor (CCR-BIM) is designed, which adopts a composite cage rotor structure that combines an inner rotor and an outer rotor. First, the overal...
To address the design requirements of structural lightweighting and multi-performance coordination for UAV frames, an optimization method combining topology optimization and the NSGA-III multi-objective evolutionary algorithm is proposed. Twelve kind...
This paper presents an innovative many-objective metaheuristic (MnMH) algorithm designed to tackle the challenges of robust and optimal controller design for fixed-structure heading autopilots. The proposed approach leverages the radial basis functio...
This article describes a global structure optimization methodology for microelectromechanical system devices based on a multi-objective elitist genetic algorithm. By integrating a parameterized model with a multi-objective evolutionary framework, the...
Building performance optimization is a process aimed at obtaining optimal design parameter combination. The establishment of optimization objectives serves as the foundation for constructing the optimization logic, guiding the direction of building p...
As a crucial frequency selection device in modern communication systems, the microwave filter plays an increasingly prominent role. There is a great demand for the multi-objective design of microwave filters. The filter’s performance affects th...
Considering the principles of green and low-carbon development, practitioners strive to continuously improve propeller performance as a primary goal for propeller-powered aircraft. Specially, medium and high-altitude UAVs require propellers that poss...
This paper presents the optimal design for a 30 kW, 3-phase squirrel-cage induction motor (IM). In this paper, three optimization algorithms are used for design optimization, namely, Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm (PSO), genetic algorithm (GA)...
Human Centrifuge Systems (HCSs) are an effective training tool to improve the G-acceleration and Spatial Disorientation (SD) tolerance of aircrew. Though highly capable HCSs are available, their structure and performance are yet to be fully optimised...
Early-stage residential building design in dense urban environments involves complex interactions among zoning regulations, geometric configuration, environmental performance, and economic feasibility. Conventional CAD–spreadsheet workflows and...
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