A sequential parametric convex approximation method with applications to nonconvex truss topology design problems

Journal of Global Optimization - Tập 47 - Trang 29-51 - 2009
Amir Beck1, Aharon Ben-Tal1, Luba Tetruashvili1
1MINERVA Optimization Center, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Tóm tắt

We describe a general scheme for solving nonconvex optimization problems, where in each iteration the nonconvex feasible set is approximated by an inner convex approximation. The latter is defined using an upper bound on the nonconvex constraint functions. Under appropriate conditions, a monotone convergence to a KKT point is established. The scheme is applied to truss topology design (TTD) problems, where the nonconvex constraints are associated with bounds on displacements and stresses. It is shown that the approximate convex problem solved at each inner iteration can be cast as a conic quadratic programming problem, hence large scale TTD problems can be efficiently solved by the proposed method.

Tài liệu tham khảo

Adjiman C.S., Androulakis I.P., Floudas C.A.: A global optimization method, αBB, for general twice-differentiable NLPs implementation and computational results. Comput. Chem. Eng. 22, 1159–1178 (1998) Adjiman C.S., Dallwig S., Floudas C.A., Neumaier A.: A global optimization method, αBB, for general twice-differentiable NLPs theoretical advances. Comput. Chem. Eng. 22, 1137–1158 (1998) Ben-Tal A., Jarre F., Kocvara M., Nemirovski A., Zowe J.: Optimal design of trusses under a nonconvex global buckling constraint. Optim. Eng. 1, 189–213 (2000) Ben-Tal, A., Nemirovski, A.: Lectures on Modern Convex Optimization. MPS-SIAM Series on Optimization (2001) Bertsekas D.P.: Nonlinear Programming. 2nd edn. Athena Scientific, Belmont, MA (1999) Braggi M.: On an alternative approach to stress constraints relaxation in topology optimization. Struct. Multidiscipl. Optim. 36, 125–141 (2008) Cheng G., Guo X.: Epsilon-relaxed approach to structural topology optimization. Struct. Optim. 13, 258–266 (1997) Kocvara M.: Topology optimization with displacement constraints: a bilevel programming approach. Struct. Multidiscipl. optim. 14(4), 256–263 (1997) McCormick, G.P.: Nonlinear programming. John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, (1983). Theory, algorithms, and applications, A Wiley-Interscience Publication Stolpe M.: Global optimization of minimum weight truss topology problems with stress, displacement, and local buckling constraints using branch-and-bound. Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. 61, 1270–1309 (2004) Stolpe M., Svanberg K.: On the trajectories of the epsilon-relaxation approach for stress-constrained truss topology optimization. Struct. Multidiscipl. Optim. 21, 140–151 (2001) Stolpe M., Svanberg K.: A note on stress-constrained truss topology optimization. Struct. Multidiscipl. Optim. 25, 62–64 (2003)