Robust design optimization of imperfect stiffened shells using an active learning method and a hybrid surrogate model. Issue 12 (1st December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Meng, Zeng; Zhang, Zhuohui; Zhou, Huanlin; Chen, Hanshu; Yu, Bo
• Is Part Of: Engineering optimization. Volume 52:Issue 12(2020)
• Page Start: 2044
• Page End: 2061
• Publication Date: 2020-12-01
• Subjects: Robust design optimization -- imperfect stiffened shells -- hybrid surrogate model -- efficiency -- accuracy; Engineering design -- Periodicals; Mathematical optimization -- Periodicals; 620.0042
• DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2019.1702978
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0305-215X

Abstract

Abstract : There are many uncertain factors in aerospace structures, such as variations in manufacturing tolerance, material properties and environmental aspects. Although conventional robust design optimization (RDO) can effectively take into account these uncertainties under the specified robust requirement, it is less satisfactory in addressing these difficulties owing to the prohibitive numerical cost of finite element analysis of stiffened shells. To improve the efficiency of RDO of imperfect stiffened shells, a new hybrid surrogate model (HSM), taking full advantage of the efficiency of the smeared stiffener method and the accuracy of the finite element method, is developed in this article. Then, a new active learning method is constructed based on the HSM. Furthermore, a hybrid bi-stage RDO framework is proposed to alleviate the computational burden incurred by repeated structural analysis. An example of a typical 3 m diameter stiffened shell demonstrates the high efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method.