Enhanced Gaussian process metamodeling and collaborative optimization for vehicle suspension design optimization

Siyu Tao, Kohei Shintani, Ramin Bostanabad, Yu Chin Chan, Guang Yang, Herb Meingast, Wei Chen*

*Corresponding author for this work

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24 Scopus citations

Abstract

Dynamic stability is a key performance metric of motor vehicles and has a direct impact on passenger experience and customer satisfaction. The desired vehicle dynamics behavior can be achieved by optimizing the design of vehicle suspensions. Two challenges are associated with this design optimization task. The first one arises from the large number (e.g., 40 or 50) of design variables in modern suspension systems. Such multitude of variables not only makes it expensive to build a training dataset for metamodeling purposes, but also renders accurate surrogate modeling extremely difficult. The second challenge is a lack of guideline for choosing a proper multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) method for a single MDO problem such as one for vehicle suspension design. In this paper, an enhanced Gaussian process (GP) metamodeling technique is developed and several versions of the collaborative optimization (CO) method are compared via a vehicle suspension design problem. In our enhanced GP modeling method, the model parameters are efficiently estimated using the smoothing effect of the so-called nugget parameter to reduce the search space. In addition, various versions of the CO method are studied where the enhanced collaborative optimization (ECO) method is found to perform the best. A simplified ECO formulation is also investigated to provide insights for future engineering applications.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication43rd Design Automation Conference
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791858134
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
EventASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2017 - Cleveland, United States
Duration: Aug 6 2017Aug 9 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
Volume2B-2017

Other

OtherASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCleveland
Period8/6/178/9/17

Funding

Grant supports from National Science Foundation (CMMI-1537641) and Toyota Motor North America, Inc. are greatly appreciated.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Modeling and Simulation

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