Schedule

11th ASMO UK/ISSMO/NOED2016: International Conference on Numerical Optimisation Methods for Engineering Design

The conference will have three plenary talks from academia and industry on multi-disciplinary optimisation and industrial application. Contributed talks will be presented in a number of plenary as well as parallel sessions, complemented by poster sessions. A pdf version of the book of abstracts will be distributed at registration and is available for download here.

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Monday 18 July 2016

08:00	Registration
08:45	Welcome
	Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (Chair: H. Thompson)
09:00	Munk et al.	Computational Design for Micro Fluidic Devices using a Tightly Coupled Lattice Boltzmann and Level Set-Based Optimization Algorithm
09:20	Codde et al.	Topological Optimal Design and Experimental Validation of a Milled Liquid Cold Plate
09:40	Ranjan et al.	Development of an accurate process workflow for simulation of a gas liquid cyclone separator in an open-source environment
10:00	Caniou	Optimal design of a heat dissipating wheels for a 2CV race car
10:20	Coffee break
	Aerospace Structural Optimisation (Ch: V. Toropov)			Adjoint solvers I (Ch: L. Hascoet)
10:50	Lancelot et al.	Aeroelastic tailoring for gust load alleviation		Xu et al.	Improved adjoint solver for complex flow conditions
11:10	Bordogna et al.	Blending Constraints in Composite Wing Aeroelastic Optimization		Economon	Adjoint-based Optimization Techniques in SU2 with Applications to Industrial Flows
11:30	Jovanov et al.	Multi-fidelity aeroelastic analysis and sensitivity analysis for gradient-based structural optimization		Jens-D Müller et al.	Introducing STAMPS, an open-source discrete adjoint CFD solver using source-transformation AD
11:50	Ollar et al.	Incorporation of Bird Strike Requirements in MDO of an Aircraft Wing using Sub-space Metamodels		Sen et al	Effective discrete adjoint OpenFOAM for volume and surface sensitivities
12:10	Arsenyeva et al.	Wingbox adaptive parametric modeling and its application to structural optimization		Gugala et al.	Output-based r-refinement using a flow-coupled system solve
12:30	Lunch
	Invited Presentation (Ch: V. Toropov)
14:00	E Chaput	MDO for Highly Effective Aircraft Design
	Turbomachinery Optimisation I (Ch: S. Shahpar)
15:00	Schlaps et al.	Multi-disciplinary optimisation of a compressor rotor subjected to ice impact using metamodelling
15:20	Pohl et al.	Turbine Stator Well Geometry Benefits – Method Validation and Design Optimisation
15:40	Coffee break
	Structural Optimisation I (Ch: R. Hewson)			Adjoint solvers II (Ch. G. Pierrot)
16:10	Lu et al.	Use of layout optimization to identify optimal bracing systems in buildings		Li et al.	Automatic adjoint formulation with customized objective functions in an industrial CFD framework
16:30	Huang et al.	SOD: A Tool Auto-Generates the Preliminary Structural Design of Steel-Composite Office Buildings		Dastouri et al	Discrete Adjoint Approach for Commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics Codes using Algorithmic Differentiation Tools
16:50	Azad	Evaluating sensitivity of stochastic search techniques to profile list ordering in discrete sizing of steel frames		Taftaf et al.	Experiments on Checkpointing Adjoint MPI Programs
17:10	Bujny et al.	Evolutionary Crashworthiness Topology Optimization of Thin-Walled Structures		Akbarzadeh et al.	Improved Fixed-Point Discrete Adjoint of simpleFoam
17:50	End of Monday sessions

Tuesday 19 July 2016

	Structural Optimisation II (Ch: R. Hewson)			Adjoint solvers III (Ch: M. Towara)
09:00	Lüdecker et al.	Probabilistic analysis of topologically optimized structures considering geometric imperfections		Hückelheim et al.	Temporal and spatial checkpoint coarsening in adjoint shape optimisation for unsteady flow
09:20	Kalnins et al.	Optimization for scaling up of plywood sandwich panels with rigid PU foam-cores		Nejad et al.	Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using the Adjoint-based Truncated Newton Method
09:40	Ansola et al.	Sequential element rejection and admission method (SERA) for topology optimization using a constraint on perimeter		Islam et al.	Adjoint-Based Numerical Error Estimation
10:00				Oriani et al.	Advances in CFD Discretisation Schemes and Solution Algorithms for a Stable Discrete Adjoint
10:20	Coffee break
	Keynote (Ch: V. Toropov)
10:50	U. Schramm	Design for Additive Manufacturing through Topology Optimization
	Design parametrisation (Ch: J.-D. Müller)
11:30	Jesudasan et al.	A comparison of node-based and CAD-based parametrisations in shape optimisation
11:50	Agarwal et al.	Parametric CAD model based shape optimization using adjoint functions
12:10	Asl et al.	A hybrid adjoint shape sensitivity analysis of fluid-structure interaction problems
12:30	Lunch
	Invited Presentation (Ch: M. Hartmann)
14:00	C. Hinterberger	From package space to final product design – with adjoint CFD
	Turbomachinery Optimisation II (Ch: T. Verstraete)
15:00	Aissa et al.	Surrogate-Model Assisted Evolutionary Optimization of an Axial Compressor Stator
15:20	Albring et al.	Adjoint-Based Optimization of Multi-Stage Turbomachines using SU2
15:40	Coffee break
	Preliminary Aircraft Design (Ch: Gerald Carrier)			CFD Optimisation Benchmark Workshop: U-Bend (Ch: V. Asouti)
16:10	Viti et al.	Oveall Aircraft Design Optimisation of a Nes Aircraft Configuration		Alessi et al.	Adjoint Shape Optimization of U-Bend Duct for Pressure Loss Reduction
16:30	Baumgartner et al.	Node-based shape optimization in aircraft preliminary design		Müller et al.	Adjoint based design optimization of a U-bend for minimized pressure losses
16:50	Serhat et al.	A Study on the Effect of Several Modelling and Analysis Parameters on the Optimization of Composite Laminates for Vibro-acoustic Requirements		Kapsoulis et al.	U-Bend Optimization on the RBF4AERO Platform
17:10	Bach et al.	A preliminary design method for optimizing composite forward-swept wings		Mykhaskiv et al.	Shape optimisation with differentiated CAD-kernel for U-bend testcase
17:50	End of Tuesday sessions
19:00	Conference dinner

Wednesday 20 July 2016

	Grid deformation and parametrisation (Ch: J.-D. Müller)
09:00	Karpouzas et al	Geometric Immersed Boundaries (GIB): A New framework for applying boundary conditions in Finite Volume Method
09:20	Elefetheriou et al.	Rigid Motion Mesh Morpher: a robust morphing tool for adjoint-based shape optimization
09:40	Liatsikouras et al.	CAD-Free Soft Handle Parameterization for Adjoint-Based Optimization Methods
10:00	Mohanamuraly et al.	A meshless optimised mesh-smoothing framework
10:20	Coffee break
	CFD Optimisation Benchmark Workshop: Drivaer, TUB Stator (Ch: P. Flassig)
10:50	Magoulas et al.	Applications of the continuous adjoint method to car aeroacoustics
11:10	Vezyris et al.	Unsteady/Steady Continuous Adjoint Method Using a Block Coupled Solver in OpenFOAM: Application on the Drivaer Vehicle
11:30	Vasilopoulos et al.	Aerodynamic Optimization of the TurboLab Stator: A Comparative Study between Conventional and Adjoint-based Approaches
11:50	Gagliardi et al.	Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization of the TU Berlin TurboLab Stator using Continuous Adjoint
12:10	Duckitt et al.	Multiobjective Optimisation of a Compressor Stator using a 3D B-Spline Parametrisation
12:30	Lunch
	Invited Presentation (Ch: J.-D. Müller)
14:00	Joaquim Martins	High-fidelity Adjoint-based Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Aircraft Configurations
	Turbomachinery Optimisation III (Ch: T. Verstraete)
15:00	Chahine et al.	Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Aero-Engine Fan Blades
15:20	Ntanakas et al.	Generating Gradients for Turbomachinery Applications using the Discrete Adjoint Method
15:40	End of conference