...Yuming Zhang; Haixiao Liu To obtain an optimum connection parameter combination for modular floating structures of multiple functions, an integrated methodology for the assessment and optimization is proposed in the present work, out of consideration for the balance between the functional...

... the turbine performance. In the present work, a ducted Savonius turbine (DST) is designed and optimized and its performance analysis carried out. The components of DSTs are simple and easily available and can be manufactured in developing countries like Fiji. A scaled-down model of 1/20 of a DST...

... to levels above the endurance limits of the pipeline material. As such, it is of paramount importance to understand and quantify the size of the pipeline response to slug flow under given speed and damping conditions. This paper utilizes the results of an optimization procedure to devise a surrogate closed...

... the average conditional exceedance rates (ACER). Both methods rely on introducing a specific parametric form for the tail part of the extreme value distribution. This is combined with an optimization procedure to determine the parameters involved, which allows prediction of various extreme response levels...

... of the cross section of the tower are adopted as design variables of the optimization. Moreover, stress or buckling is specified as probabilistic constraints. The numerical strategy employed for performing the optimization uses the International Mathematics and Statistics Library (IMSL) routine that is based...