% Exercise 4.31: Design of a cantilever beam (non-recursive formulation) % (For a detailed explanation see section 4.5.4, pp. 163-165) % Boyd & Vandenberghe "Convex Optimization" % (a figure is generated) % % We have a segmented cantilever beam with N segments. Each segment % has a unit length and variable width and height (rectangular profile). % The goal is minimize the total volume of the beam, over all segment % widths w_i and heights h_i, subject to constraints on aspect ratios, % maximum allowable stress in the material, vertical deflection y, etc. % % The problem can be posed as a geometric program (posynomial form) % minimize sum( w_i* h_i) % s.t. w_min <= w_i <= w_max, for all i = 1,...,N % h_min <= h_i <= h_max % S_min <= h_i/w_i <= S_max % 6*i*F/(w_i*h_i^2) <= sigma_max % 6*F/(E*w_i*h_i^3) == d_i % (2*i - 1)*d_i + v_(i+1) <= v_i % (i - 1/3)*d_i + v_(i+1) + y_(i+1) <= y_i % y_1 <= y_max % % with variables w_i, h_i, d_i, (i = 1,...,N) and v_i, y_i (i = 1,...,N+1). % (Consult the book for other definitions and a recursive formulation of % this problem.) % % Almir Mutapcic 01/25/06 % optimization variables N = 8; gpvar w(N) h(N) v(N+1) y(N+1); % constants wmin = .1; wmax = 100; hmin = .1; hmax = 6; Smin = 1/5; Smax = 5; sigma_max = 1; ymax = 10; E = 1; F = 1; % objective is the total volume of the beam % obj = sum of (widths*heights*lengths) over each section % (recall that the length of each segment is set to be 1) obj = w'*h; % non-recursive formulation d = 6*F*ones(N,1)./(E*ones(N,1).*w.*h.^3); constr_v = []; constr_y = []; for i = 1:N constr_v = [constr_v; (2*i-1)*d(i) + v(i+1) <= v(i)]; constr_y = [constr_y; (i-1/3)*d(i) + v(i+1) + y(i+1) <= y(i)]; end % constraint set constr = [ ... wmin*ones(N,1) <= w; w <= wmax*ones(N,1); hmin*ones(N,1) <= h; h <= hmax*ones(N,1); Smin*ones(N,1) <= h./w; h./w <= Smax*ones(N,1); 6*F*[1:N]'./(w.*(h.^2)) <= sigma_max*ones(N,1); constr_v; constr_y; y(1) <= ymax; ]; % solve GP and compute the optimal volume [obj_value, solution, status] = gpsolve(obj, constr); assign(solution); % display results disp('The optimal widths and heights are: '); w, h fprintf(1,'The optimal minimum volume of the beam is %3.4f\n', sum(w.*h)) % plot the 3D model of the optimal cantilever beam close all; plot_cbeam([h; w])