Application of Genetic Algorithm to Design of Shock Isolator with Minimum Settling Time

Shock isolator with minimum settling time (SIMST) is a vital device in military and civil use. At present, the design of SIMST draws a lot of attention. Because one of the indexes of SIMST is time variable other than state variable, there is no computation method given so far, and the design of SIMST mainly depends on experiments. In this paper, genetic algorithm is applied to the design. The genetic algorithm exhibits desirable properties in the complex search of Pareto set of SIMST parameters, and the solution is accurate by verification. Some important characteristics and design principles of SIMST are revealed for the first time in this paper.