Abstract

The aim of the paper is to develop of the coupling of the boundary element method (BEM) and evolutionary algorithms (EA) to shape optimization problems in applied sciences and engineering. New approaches of the evolutionary BEM computation in optimization are proposed to: (i) shape optimization of structures under statical and dynamical loading, (ii) shape optimization of structures under thermomechanical loading, (iii) shape optimization of cracked structures for criteria expressed by stress intensity factors, and (iv) shape optimization of elasto-plastic structures. Several numerical examples for optimization of 2-D structures are presented.

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