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Fast Multipole BEM and Genetic Algorithms for the Design of Foams with Functional-Graded Thermal Conductivity

Authors :
Marco Dondero
Alexis Rodriguez Carranza
Georgios E. Stavroulakis
Adrián P. Cisilino
Manolis, G. D.
Polyzos, D.
Source :
Recent Advances in Boundary Element Methods ISBN: 9781402097096, Recent Advances in Boundary Element Methods
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
Springer Netherlands, 2009.

Abstract

A numerical tool for the design of foam-like microstructures with customized heat conduction properties is presented in this paper. The spatial variation of the local material properties is achieved via the optimization of the spatial distribution of the gas cells. A Genetic Algorithm (GA) is used for this purpose. Although very effective and versatile GAs are computationally expensive. This problem is tackled in two ways here: a Fast Multipole Boundary Element Method algorithm is used for the thermal analysis of the microstructures, and the GA is implemented in parallel using a cluster of PCs. Two examples illustrate the performance of the developped implementation. Fil: Dondero, Marco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ingeniería. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales; Argentina Fil: Cisilino, Adrian Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ingeniería. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales; Argentina Fil: Rodriguez Carranza, A.. Universidad Nacional de Trujillo.; Perú Fil: Stavroulakis, G.. Technical University of Crete; Grecia

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ISBN :
978-1-4020-9709-6
ISBNs :
9781402097096
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Recent Advances in Boundary Element Methods ISBN: 9781402097096, Recent Advances in Boundary Element Methods
Accession number :
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