STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION USING FEMLAB AND SMOOTH SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION

An effective algorithm for structural optimization is proposed in this paper. In the proposed method, the optimum design is achieved sequentially based on the surrogate model constructed by smooth support vector regression (SSVR). The proposed research work uses Quasi Monte Carlo (QMC) technique for the selection of training data in the design space. SSVR using a radial basis function kernel is used to build the metamodel for structural optimization. The structural responses are evaluated by a commercial finite element package, FEMLAB (recently renamed as COMSOL). Several examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.