Suspension (topology)

Algorithm

Engineering

Aerospace engineering

Pure mathematics

Homotopy

Automotive industry

Constraint (computer-aided design)

Computer science

Mathematical optimization

Mechanical engineering

Finite element method

Metamodeling

Mathematics

Kriging

Geometry

Structural engineering

Programming language

Shape optimization

Machine learning

Reduction (mathematics)

Materials Testing

This article presents an implementation of one of the latest optimization methods of obtaining light vehicle designs. First, the problem of coupling with a bolted rim is optimized using the butterfly optimization algorithm (BOA). Finally, the BOA is used to solve the shape optimization of a vehicle suspension arm. It is utilized from the Kriging metamodeling method to obtain equations of objective and constraint functions in shape optimization. At the end of the research effort in this paper, the weight reduction of the suspension arm by using the BOA is 32.9 %. The results show the BOA’s ability to design better optimum components in the automotive industry.

Butterfly optimization algorithm for optimum shape design of automobile suspension components