Investigation of Open Source Optimizers for Mechanical Design Optimization Problems

Open source optimizers are capable to solve mechanical engineering design optimization
problem which are solving the objective function of each optimization problem. A few
optimization problem was selected which are spring design, welded beam design and
pressure vessel design and this problem are benchmark problem which is commonly used
design problem from previous researchers. The aim of this study to investigate the
optimization problems and available open source optimizers, to determine the benchmark
problems and suitable optimizers to solve the benchmark problem and also to develop and
writing source code for optimizers for each benchmark problems. There are many type of
optimization software that can be used, but in this research focusing on open source
optimizers which is pyOpt.