Abstract: Multistart is a stochastic global optimization method for finding the global optimum of highly nonlinear mechanical problems. In this paper we introduce and develop a variant of the multistart ...

Abstract: By reducing scrap, high volume stamped parts can be produced more economically. Scrap rate is heavily influenced by the nesting, or positioning, of the blanks onto the stock. Blank nesting is ...

Abstract: The concrete membrane face rockfill dam, in spite of its increasing popularity with construction engineers, is perhaps one structure where the design is still largely empirical and is based on past experience rather than ...