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Worst-case design in head impact crashworthiness optimization

✍ Scribed by K. J. Craig; Nielen Stander; Suri Balasubramanyam

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
385 KB
Volume
57
Category
Article
ISSN
0029-5981

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Abstract

This paper describes the solution of a worst‐case design optimization problem of head impact in automotive design. The worst‐case design process uses an optimization algorithm that can locate saddlepoints: points in the design space where the objective function is maximized with respect to some design variables (worst case) while it is minimized with respect to other design variables simultaneously. The worst‐case design methodology is first tested using two analytic functions. Both functions contain saddlepoints, while the second one also has a random analytic noise component and an integer variable. Thereafter, the methodology is applied to the worst‐case design of a crashworthiness head impact problem. The head impact problem contains both numerical noise and an integer variable. For the first analytical case, the effect of separability of the maximization and minimization variables is investigated by rotating the design variable axes. For the second analytical case, analytical noise in the form of a modified Griewank function and an integer variable is added. For the head impact problem, cases are presented where maximization and minimization are first performed separately, and then in a combined fashion to locate the saddle point. The case studies illustrate the power of this approach in the automotive occupant safety design field. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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