Method of designing a structure
US8600534B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 29, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/17
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of designing a structure, such as an airfoil section. A first set of candidate designs is generated in a first optimisation process, each candidate design comprising a set of M design variables associated with an M-dimensional design space. A subset of the first set of candidate designs is selected. The selected subset of candidate designs is analysed by proper orthogonal decomposition or principal component analysis to generate an N-dimensional design space defined by N design variables, N being less than M. A second set of one or more candidate designs is then generated in a second optimisation process, each candidate design comprising a set of N design variables associated with the N-dimensional design space.
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