...Kai-Shian Hsu; Kuei-Yuan Chan In this work, we develop a filter-based sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm for solving reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) problems with highly nonlinear constraints. The proposed filter-based SQP uses the approach of average importance sampling...

... a hyperbolic section, degenerating, in some particular cases, to one or two linear segments. Examples of such loci are presented. We use quadratic programming to choose which sections of the curves constitute the boundaries of the workspace for any particular dynamic state. A detailed example of workspace...

... parametrization and deterministic optimization approach were introduced for protein sequence design, in this paper we present an alternative formulation that leads to a quadratic programming problem in the first stage of a two-stage design procedure. The new quadratic formulation, which uses the linear...

... bodies, and the two transmission shafts, is developed in this paper using a sub-structuring method. The load between pinion and gear wheel is delivered by elastic frictional contact. The contact problem is solved according to the FE parametric quadratic programming method. The paper presents the shape...

...C.-P. Teng, Ph.D. Student ASME Student Mem; J. Angeles, Professor ASME Fellow This paper introduces a new approach to sequential quadratic programming. Upon application of the orthogonal-decomposition algorithm and the Gerschgorin Theorem for the stabilization of the Hessian matrix in the quadratic...