Research Methodolgy & Intellectual Property Rights Series 1
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1. ZP3 Modelled Weight
at each Optimization
Iteration
NOTES
1. Modelled structure weight at Iteration “OO” is less in the blue curve since no heavier members in way of module support points are assigned.
Modelled structure weight at Iteration “OO” for the red and green curves is the same.
2. In the red curve the rate of weight change per iteration reduces to about 2 MT after the 5th iteration (8E) and down to zero after the 10th
iteration (8J).
3. In the green curve, the section properties of a few under-designed members were corrected as part of the Stage Two refinement. Ideally this
would normally be performed at Iteration “OO”.
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5100
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5500
5700
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OO 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F 8G 8H 8I 8J 8K 8L 8M 8N 8O 8P 8Q
ZP3 Modelled Structure Weight (kN) at each
Iteration
BEFORE Refinement AFTER Stage 1 Refinement AFTER Stage 2 Refinement
