Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Optimization of Mechanical Systems

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	330-0518/01
Abbreviation	OPTMS
Course title	Optimization of Mechanical Systems
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Applied Mechanics
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Jaroslav Zapoměl, DrSc.

Subject syllabus

Optimization - Introduction: the practical use and mathematical terminology and basics.
Unconstrain optimization of continuous functions - the existence of optimum conditions.
Optimization of one variable function: the method of elimination and approximation; 0th and 1st order methods.
Optimization of multivariablefunction; 0th, 1st and higher order methods.
Introduction to global optimization.
Global optimization methods derived from Monte Carlo method and/or Genetic Algorithm method.
Optimization procedures available in the application software.
Solving optimization problems in the application software (now ANSYS and ANSYS Workbench).

Literature

Ravindran, A., Ragsdell, K. M.; Reklaitis, G. V. Engineering Optimization. 2nd ed. Wiley, 2003.
Yang, Won-Yong, Cao, Wenwu, Chung, Tae-Sang, Morris, John. Applied Numerical Methods Using MATLAB®. Wiley, 2005.
Lyshevski, Sergey E. Engineering and Scientific Computations Using MATLAB®. Wiley, 2003.

Advised literature

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

back to search page