How does Optistruct choose the initial (guess) value of a DV?

pshivashankar
pshivashankar Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Greetings,

 

I am performing a free-size optimization of an insert. The thickness of the insert is chosen as the design variable. A minimum and maximum value are set during the DV definition as sown below:

 

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However, what value of the thickness does Optistruct choose as the initial guess value for the first iteration?

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  • Vladimir Gantovnik_21974
    Vladimir Gantovnik_21974 Altair Community Member
    edited June 2020

    Probably, thickness which you used to define PSHELL property: T 

  • Adriano Koga_20259
    Adriano Koga_20259 New Altair Community Member
    edited June 2020

    It depends on a few factors.

    Usually it is like gantovnik mentioned, but it also depends on your responses and your min and max thickness in the freesize panel.

     

    For example, if you add a volume fraction constraint of 30%, then it will force the first iteration to the corresponding thickness for the given volume.

     

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