Design Optimization

What is design optimization?

Typical engineering systems are described by very large numbers of variables, and it is the designer's task to specify appropriate values for these variables. Skilled designers utilize their knowledge, experience, and judgment to specify these variables and design effective engineering systems. Because of the size and complexity of the typical design task, however, even the most skilled designers are unable to take into account all of the variables simultaneously. Design optimization is the application of numerical algorithms and techniques to engineering systems to assist the designers in improving the system's performance, weight, reliability, and/or cost.

Optimization methodologies can be applied during the product development stage to ensure that the finished design will have the high performance, high reliability, low weight, and/or low cost. Alternatively, optimization methods can be applied to existing products to identify potential design improvements.

Our Mission

At ADOPTECH, we are dedicated to providing our customers with the tools and knowledge required to generate practical designs that are useful in the real world. ADOPTECH personnel have extensive experience in applying optimization methodologies to improve products in the civil, aerospace, and electrical engineering fields. Depending on customer needs, we utilize traditional mathematical programming algorithms as well as newer probability based algorithms such as genetic algorithms.

General Optimization Capabilities

• Structural Optimization using Finite Elements
• Genetic Algorithms (requires ADOBE Acrobat)
• Global/local Design

Specialized Applications

• Fiber Steering for Composite Laminate Design
• Filament Wound Pressure Vessel Design
• Cellular Automata
• Composite Laminate Stacking Sequence Design