An essential step for the realization of free-form surface structures is to create an efficient structural gird that satisfies not only the architectural aesthetics,but also the structural performance.Employing the ma...An essential step for the realization of free-form surface structures is to create an efficient structural gird that satisfies not only the architectural aesthetics,but also the structural performance.Employing the main stress trajectories as the representation of force flows on a free-form surface,an automatic grid generation approach is proposed for the architectural design.The algorithm automatically plots the main stress trajectories on a 3D free-form surface,and adopts a modified advancing front meshing technique to generate the structural grid.Based on the proposed algorithm,an automatic grid generator named "St-Surmesh" is developed for the practical architectural design of free-form surface structure.The surface geometry of one of the Sun Valleys in Expo Axis for the Expo Shanghai 2010 is selected as a numerical example for validating the proposed approach.Comparative studies are performed to demonstrate how different structural grids affect the design of a free-form surface structure.展开更多
Particle swarm optimization algorithm is presented for the layout of ＂Integrate Circuit （IC）＂ design. Particle swarm optimization based on swarm intelligence is a new evolutionary computational tool and is success...Particle swarm optimization algorithm is presented for the layout of ＂Integrate Circuit （IC）＂ design. Particle swarm optimization based on swarm intelligence is a new evolutionary computational tool and is successfully applied in function optimization, neural network design, classification, pattern recognition, signal processing and robot technology and so on. A modified algorithm is presented and applied to the layout of IC design. For a given layout plane, first of all, this algorithm generates the corresponding grid group by barriers and nets＇ ports with the thought ofgridless net routing, establishes initialization fuzzy matrix, then utilizes the global optimization character to find out the best layout route only if it exits. The results of model simulation indicate that PSO algorithm is feasible and efficient in IC layout design.展开更多
基金Project(51378457)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘An essential step for the realization of free-form surface structures is to create an efficient structural gird that satisfies not only the architectural aesthetics,but also the structural performance.Employing the main stress trajectories as the representation of force flows on a free-form surface,an automatic grid generation approach is proposed for the architectural design.The algorithm automatically plots the main stress trajectories on a 3D free-form surface,and adopts a modified advancing front meshing technique to generate the structural grid.Based on the proposed algorithm,an automatic grid generator named "St-Surmesh" is developed for the practical architectural design of free-form surface structure.The surface geometry of one of the Sun Valleys in Expo Axis for the Expo Shanghai 2010 is selected as a numerical example for validating the proposed approach.Comparative studies are performed to demonstrate how different structural grids affect the design of a free-form surface structure.
文摘Particle swarm optimization algorithm is presented for the layout of ＂Integrate Circuit （IC）＂ design. Particle swarm optimization based on swarm intelligence is a new evolutionary computational tool and is successfully applied in function optimization, neural network design, classification, pattern recognition, signal processing and robot technology and so on. A modified algorithm is presented and applied to the layout of IC design. For a given layout plane, first of all, this algorithm generates the corresponding grid group by barriers and nets＇ ports with the thought ofgridless net routing, establishes initialization fuzzy matrix, then utilizes the global optimization character to find out the best layout route only if it exits. The results of model simulation indicate that PSO algorithm is feasible and efficient in IC layout design.
