LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION FOR THE DISHES INSTALLED ON A ROTATING TABLE - THE PACKING PROBLEM WITH EQUILIBRIUM BEHAVIORAL CONSTRAINTS

The layout optimization for the dishes installed on a rotating table i s investigated. This is a packing problem with equilibrium behavioural constraints. To deal with its layout topo-models and initial layout, a mathematical model and heuristic approaches, including the method of model-changing iteration (MCI) and the method of main objects topo-mo dels (MOT), are proposed, with a series of intuitive algorithms embedd ed in, such as the technique for the search under the initial guess an d the strategies for remission of ''combinatorial explosion''. The val idity and reliability of the proposed algorithms are verified by numer ical examples and engineering applications, which could be used in sat ellite module, multiple spindle box, rotating structure and so on.