TY - GEN
T1 - Synthesis of a planar four-bar mechanism for position control using the harmony search algorithm
AU - Sánchez-Márquez, Álvaro
AU - Vega-Alvarado, Eduardo
AU - Portilla-Flores, Edgar Alfredo
AU - Mezura-Montes, Efrén
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Harmony Search (HS) algorithm, explored in recent literature, is an efficient metaheuristic optimization technique based on the musical improvisation process. Different versions of HS have been developed and used in solving real-world problems; however, most of the applications are oriented to combinatorial optimization. This paper presents a novel application of a modified HS for the synthesis of a four-bar planar mechanism that follows a specific trajectory, in order to demonstrate the capabilities of this algorithm for handling numerical optimization problems. Four-bar mechanisms are a good example of hard optimization problems, since they are used in a wide variety of industrial applications. HS algorithm was modified to handle design constraints by implementing Deb's feasibility rules. Simulation results show a high-precision control of the proposed trajectory for the designed mechanism, thus demonstrating that HS can be applied successfully not only to classical benchmark problems but for solving real engineering cases.
AB - Harmony Search (HS) algorithm, explored in recent literature, is an efficient metaheuristic optimization technique based on the musical improvisation process. Different versions of HS have been developed and used in solving real-world problems; however, most of the applications are oriented to combinatorial optimization. This paper presents a novel application of a modified HS for the synthesis of a four-bar planar mechanism that follows a specific trajectory, in order to demonstrate the capabilities of this algorithm for handling numerical optimization problems. Four-bar mechanisms are a good example of hard optimization problems, since they are used in a wide variety of industrial applications. HS algorithm was modified to handle design constraints by implementing Deb's feasibility rules. Simulation results show a high-precision control of the proposed trajectory for the designed mechanism, thus demonstrating that HS can be applied successfully not only to classical benchmark problems but for solving real engineering cases.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84938769906&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICEEE.2014.6978286
DO - 10.1109/ICEEE.2014.6978286
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:84938769906
T3 - 2014 11th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control, CCE 2014
BT - 2014 11th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control, CCE 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2014 11th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control, CCE 2014
Y2 - 29 September 2014 through 3 October 2014
ER -