Design optimization of base widths of transmission tower using mode-pursuing sampling global optimization method

Author

An, Liqiang ; Zhangqi Wang ; Wang, G. Gary ; Li, Zhen

Author_Institution

Sch. of Energy Power & Mech. Eng., North China Electr. Power Univ., Baoding, China

Volume

8

fYear

2010

fDate

22-24 Oct. 2010

Abstract

Design optimization of the transmission towers is important since the cost of tower structure accounts for a high proportion of the total cost of a transmission line. This work treats base widths of tower as design variables to obtain the minimum tower weight under the strength and stability constraints for the tower structure members. The forces in each structure member are calculated in ANSYS using the APDL program; section sizes of each member are designed to satisfy the Chinese Electrical Standard DL/T5145-2002. The structural analysis and member design procedure is treated as a black-box function for global optimization, which is performed using the mode-pursuing sampling method (MPS). The results illustrate the weight of a tower can be reduced by 8.1% and MPS has a high efficiency in global optimization with expensive black-box functions.

Keywords

design engineering; mechanical stability; mechanical strength; optimisation; poles and towers; power transmission lines; sampling methods; ANSYS; APDL program; Chinese Electrical Standard DL/T5145-2002; base widths; black-box function; design optimization; mode-pursuing sampling global optimization method; stability; strength; tower structure; transmission line; transmission tower; Base width; Mode-pursuing sampling; Optimization design; Transmission tower;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Application and System Modeling (ICCASM), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taiyuan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7235-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7237-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCASM.2010.5619410

Filename

5619410