Best Box

Best Box
Feasible Optimization	ParametricSoln v 1.2
by: Charlie Taylor	January 17, 2009

Design Variable Summary

Design Variables (nominal values)
Name	Value	Units	Description
b	10	in	Height of Box (in)

Result Variables
Name	Value	Units	Description	Low Limit	High Limit
a	7.07107 * ----->	in	Base Dimension of Cardboard (in) (a varies to make Volume = 500 cuin)	>1	<50
Volume	500	cuin	Box Volume (cuin)	---	---
boxSurfArea	332.843	sqin	Box Surface Area (sqin)	---	---

PRIOR TO MINIMIZE OPTIMIZATION
ParametricSoln: Feasible Optimization ====================== OPTIMIZATION DESIGN VARIABLES ======================= name value minimum maximum b 10 2 10 Height of Box (in) Figure of Merit: Box Surface Area (boxSurfArea) = 332.843 sqin <== Minimize ============================================================================

PRIOR TO MINIMIZE OPTIMIZATION

ParametricSoln: Feasible Optimization
            
====================== OPTIMIZATION DESIGN VARIABLES =======================
      name         value        minimum   maximum
         b           10            2           10 Height of Box  (in)

 Figure of Merit: Box Surface Area (boxSurfArea) = 332.843 sqin <== Minimize
============================================================================

AFTER MINIMIZE OPTIMIZATION
ParametricSoln: Feasible Optimization ====================== OPTIMIZATION DESIGN VARIABLES ======================= name value minimum maximum b 5 2 10 Height of Box (in) Figure of Merit: Box Surface Area (boxSurfArea) = 300 sqin <== Minimize ============================================================================

AFTER MINIMIZE OPTIMIZATION

ParametricSoln: Feasible Optimization
            
====================== OPTIMIZATION DESIGN VARIABLES =======================
      name         value        minimum   maximum
         b            5            2           10 Height of Box  (in)

 Figure of Merit: Box Surface Area (boxSurfArea) = 300 sqin <== Minimize
============================================================================

Design Variables (nominal values)
Name	Value	Units	Description
b	5	in	Height of Box (in)

System Sensitivity

Design Variables (nominal values)
Name	Value	Units	Description
b	5	in	Height of Box (in)

Result Variables
Name	Value	Units	Description	Low Limit	High Limit
a	10 * ----->	in	Base Dimension of Cardboard (in) (a varies to make Volume = 500 cuin)	>1	<50
Volume	500	cuin	Box Volume (cuin)	---	---
boxSurfArea	300	sqin	Box Surface Area (sqin)	---	---

Design Variable Summary

Design Variables (nominal values)
Name	Value	Units	Description
b	5	in	Height of Box (in)

Result Variables
Name	Value	Units	Description	Low Limit	High Limit
a	10 * ----->	in	Base Dimension of Cardboard (in) (a varies to make Volume = 500 cuin)	>1	<50
Volume	500	cuin	Box Volume (cuin)	---	---
boxSurfArea	300	sqin	Box Surface Area (sqin)	---	---

Parametric Solutions
parasol v 1.2 
contact: C. Taylor, charlietaylor@sourceforge.net