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Advances in Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

  • Discusses applications of multidisciplinary optimization in aerospace, automotive, manufacturing and biomedical industries
  • Focuses on design and analysis as applicable to optimization of systems
  • Discusses both established techniques and emerging technologies

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Table of contents (27 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Optimization Applications: Aerospace

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Gerlach Shaping Inspired Air Intake Duct Optimization

      • Valliammai Somasundaram, N. Balakrishnan
      Pages 3-18
    3. Multi-disciplinary Analysis of a Reentry Vehicle

      • K S Lakshmi, Pankaj Priyadarshi
      Pages 19-31
    4. Study of Wing Flutter at Preliminary Stages of Design

      • A. T. Sriram, H. K. Narahari
      Pages 77-84
    5. Coupled Aero-structural Simulation Techniques Using High-Fidelity Analysis and Design Tools

      • Ravi Kumar Kovvali, Beerinder Singh, Srivatsan Lakshminarasimhan, Sukumar Chakravarthy
      Pages 85-94
    6. Optimization of B-Spline Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing

      • K. Nihal, Pankaj Priyadarshi
      Pages 95-108
    7. Design of Vortex Flaps for Reducing Approach Speed of a Supersonic Naval Fighter Aircraft

      • Soumyajit Behera, C. Muthuraj, Balmiki Kumar, U. R. Srikanth, Sathish Sunnam, R. Jolly
      Pages 109-117
  3. Optimization Applications: Automotive

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
    2. Multi-disciplinary Optimization of Sensor Bracket

      • Rajapandian Ramamoorthy, Shabareesh Kumar
      Pages 131-139
    3. Reliability-Based Design Optimization of a Door Beam for FMVSS214 Requirements

      • Kshitiz Swaroop, Nihal Kakodkar, Biswajit Tripathy
      Pages 151-160
    4. Model-Based Design and Multi-objective Robust Optimization of Electric Vehicle for Performance, Range and Top Speed Objectives

      • Aniket Karandikar, Ashok Kumar Ravi, Elavarasan Dharumaseelan, Elanchezhian Tamilselvam
      Pages 173-187
  4. General Applications of Optimization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
    2. Multi-disciplinary Optimization Using ISIGHT to Reduce Thermal Gradients

      • Krishna Nelanti, Venugopal Lingala
      Pages 191-202

About this book

This volume contains select papers presented during the 2nd National Conference on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization. It discusses new developments at the core of optimization methods and its application in multiple applications. The papers showcase fundamental problems and applications which include domains such as aerospace, automotive and industrial sectors. The variety of topics and diversity of insights presented in the general field of optimization and its use in design for different applications will be of interest to researchers in academia or industry.

Editors and Affiliations

  • APTIV, Bangalore, India

    Raviprakash R. Salagame

  • Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras, Chennai, India

    Palaniappan Ramu

  • Bangalore, India

    Indira Narayanaswamy

  • Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Enginee, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India

    Dhish Kumar Saxena

About the editors

Dr. Raviprakash Salagame brings over 25 years of industry experience. He is currently a senior global leader at APTIV Technical Center India. Previously, Ravi held leadership and engineering positions at GE Corporate Research Center (at JFWTC) and IBM Almaden Research Center at San Jose, California. He completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1995, Master’s degree from Indian Institute of Science in 1988 and Bachelor’s degree from BMS College of Engineering in 1986. He is a certified Six Sigma black belt and a technical expert in Design Optimization, CAE, data science and statistical methods. He has published over 15 international journal and conference papers and delivered several industry keynotes in India. He also serves on the board of IUCEE (Indo-Universal Collaboration for Excellence in Engineering Education) and a few of the leading universities in India.

 
Dr. Palaniappan Ramu is anAssociate Professor in the Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras. He heads the Advanced Design Optimization and Probabilistic Techniques (ADOPT) Laboratory where work revolves around using probability, statistics and optimization for design decisions. He investigates problems of varied interests in different areas. It includes optimal designs of computer models built in FEM/CFD towards light weighting, understanding performance of machine learning algorithms as surrogates, digital twins and visual exploration of design spaces. He holds a B.Eng. in Mechanical from Madurai Kamaraj University, India and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from University of Florida, USA. He has 10+ years’ experience working on optimization for engineering applications. He teaches courses on optimization, reliability, surrogates and DfMA. 


Dr. Indira Narayanaswamy is a research Professor in Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, India. She has previouslyserved as a scientist and technology Director in the Aeronautical Development Agency, Bangalore. Dr. Narayanaswamy's areas of specialization are CFD applications for Aerodynamics Shape Optimization and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO), MDO for MAV design, Numerical Investigations on Supersonic Retro Propulsion (SRP). She has authored more than 150 research papers and technical reports.


Dr. Dhish Kumar Saxena is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee. His main research interests lie in multi-objective, multi-disciplinary optimization, and multi-criterion decision making. He is currently the principal investigator/co-investigator of different international projects in these domains, focusing on large scale industrial problems. He is also on the Reviewer Board and Project Monitoring Committee member for different national/international projects launched by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, and Department of Science & Technology. Dr. Saxena brings on board his work experience in the United Kingdom where he worked with universities like Cranfield and Bath, in collaboration with companies like British Aerospace Systems, Hewlett Packard, and Airbus.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

  • Editors: Raviprakash R. Salagame, Palaniappan Ramu, Indira Narayanaswamy, Dhish Kumar Saxena

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5432-2

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5431-5Published: 11 August 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5434-6Published: 12 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-5432-2Published: 10 August 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2195-4356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2195-4364

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 316

  • Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations, 175 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Mathematical and Computational Engineering, Optimization, Machine Learning

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