Abstract: This paper presents a solution code for mixed‐discrete variable optimization. An optimization algorithm comprising two different techniques, discrete steepest descent and rotating coordinate directions, originally proposed ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a new tooling system and performs an optimum design on it to minimize the amount of thinning during a forming process of aluminum beverage can end shells. Numerical ...

Abstract: A reliability problem in irrigation canal systems where the water demand fluctuates stochastically is examined. A flow model of open channel with control structures is developed to include the lateral withdrawal, in which ...

Abstract: Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), especially SiC/SiC, have garnered significant attention owing to their remarkable mechanical properties at higher temperatures. For the protection of the substrate from oxidation, the ...