The work presented in this dissertation was carried out at the Division of Mechanics, Department of Management and Engineering at Link¨oping University,between 2003 and 2008. It was supervised by Prof. Anders Klarbring,head of the division, and financially supported by the National GraduateSchool
Often complex molded parts include undercuts, patches on the part boundaries that are not accessible along the main mold opening directions. Undercuts are molded by incorporating side actions in the molds. Side actions are mold pieces that are removed from the part
Research in product design optimization has developed and demonstrated a variety of modeling techniques and solution methods, including multidisciplinary design optimization. As new techniques migrate to the industrial world engineers are faced with much more complex problems often extending beyond their realm