Optimization of Mechanical Systems

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	330-0541/02
Abbreviation	OMS
Course title	Optimization of Mechanical Systems
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Applied Mechanics
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Pavel Maršálek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

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

Literature

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

Advised literature

[1] Lyshevski, Sergey E. Engineering and Scientific Computations Using MATLAB®. Wiley, 2003.

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