| Speaker : |
Dr. Petros Koumoutsakos, Professor of Computational Science ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| Subject : |
Bioinspired Flow Optimization: Theory and Practice |
| Date : |
September 8, 2005 5:00pm-7:00pm (Conference room 226, Faculty of Engineering bldg.8, Hongo campus) |
| Outline : |
For centuries engineers have sought inspirations from nature in designing their creations. Along with the imitation of biological forms we may consider the implementation of bio-inspired algorithms for optimizing engineering designs.
In this talk we present a unifying stochastic optimization framework for these algorithms and we identify their advantages and drawbacks. We discuss their suitability for flow optimization by presenting examples from their application to aerodynamic drag reduction and optimization of fish swimming to mixing enhancement and the multiobjective optimization of turbomachinery components. |
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