Three-dimensional structure optimal design for extending fatigue life by using biological algorithm

This paper presents some applications of a new structural shape optimization procedure for maximizing fatigue life or inspection intervals for damage tolerant structures. In this approach, a new and simple method, which we termed FAST (Failure Analysis of Structures), for estimating the stress intensity factor for cracks at a notch, as well as an extension of the biological algorithm was employed to study the problem of optimization with fatigue life as the design objective. Research by the authors has demonstrated that the optimum shape for minimizing stress is not necessarily the optimum shape for static strength or fatigue life of a damage tolerant structure. The examples are presented that highlight this difference. The optimal shapes for stress are compared with optimized shapes found for static strength with different crack lengths. These are also compared with optimized shapes found for maximum fatigue life. The choice of initial crack size was found to have a significant effect on the optimal shapes for the structures presented.

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