Structural Weight and Stiffness Optimization of a Midibus Using the Reinforcement and Response Surface Optimization (RSO) Method in Static Condition

Table 7

Candidate points (CP) obtained from RSO.

	Thickness (mm)									Total mass of the parts (kg)	Max. deformation (mm)
	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P27	P28	P32	P33	P6-P10, P15, P16, P20, and P21	P39
Original value	3	3	3	3	3	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	53.42	4.61
CP-#1	2.5	1.5	1	1	1	1	1	2.5	2.5	39.08	4.19
CP-#2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	2.5	3	40.94	4.23
CP-#3	2	1.5	1	1.5	1	1	1	2.5	3	40.94	4.11

The original value shows the thickness and mass of the selected parts and the maximum deformation of the structure before optimization.