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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2003
Bernhard A. Sendhoff, Bruchköbel, DE;
Edgar Körner, Seligemstadt, DE;
Andreas Richter, Rodgau, DE;
Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Offenbach/Main, DE;
Abstract
Iterative (nondeterministic) optimization of aerodynamic and hydrodynamic surface structures can be accomplished with a computer software program and a system using a combination of a variable encoding length optimization algorithm based on an evolution strategy and an experimental hardware set-up that allows to automatically change the surface properties of the applied material, starting with the overall shape and proceeding via more detailed modifications in local surface areas. The optimization of surface structures may be done with a computing device for calculating optimized parameters of at least one (virtual) surface structure, an experimental hardware set-up for measuring dynamic properties of a specific surface structure, and an interface for feeding calculated parameters from the computing device to the experimental set-up and for feeding measured results back to the computing device as quality values for the next cycle of the optimizing step.