OptiStruct is a proven, modern structural solver with comprehensive, accurate and scalable solutions for linear and nonlinear
analyses across statics and dynamics, vibrations, acoustics, fatigue, heat transfer, and multiphysics disciplines.
In this tutorial you will perform a size optimization for a model comprised of shell and bar elements. You will update
the PBARL property to simulate the properties of the bar elements and then link that to the design variable. The resulting
design will have higher frequencies and updated element properties.
In this tutorial, the standard responses available in OptiStruct are passed to a HyperMath script and the newly created responses from the script are used as optimization constraints.
This section presents nonlinear explicit analysis examples generated using OptiStruct. Each example uses a problem description, execution procedures, and results to demonstrate how OptiStruct is used.
The OptiStruct Example Guide is a collection of solved examples for various solution sequences and optimization types and provides
you with examples of the real-world applications and capabilities of OptiStruct.
OS-T: 4040 Size Optimization of a Shredder
In this tutorial you will perform a size optimization for a model comprised of shell and bar elements. You will update the PBARL property to simulate the properties of the bar elements and then link that to the design variable. The resulting design will have higher frequencies and updated element properties.