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Corrugated board design optimization

Explore the recorded optimization results one case at a time. Compare the final summary with its iteration history, or watch the optimization sequence.

72 cases14,720 iteration framesOriginal research outputs
Corrugated profile used in the optimization project

Published visual outputs

Data & files

This catalog indexes the published summaries, videos and optimizer iteration images. It is an asset index; it does not reconstruct numerical values from plots.

Verified 3 October 2026 · frame indices follow the original filenames; figures retain their original iteration labels. No physical time unit.

Public optimization output catalog, 72 cases
StudyCaseFrame indexSummaryVideo
Part AC0010–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0020–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0030–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0040–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0050–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0060–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0070–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0080–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0090–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0100–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0110–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0120–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0130–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0140–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0150–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0160–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0170–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0180–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0190–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0200–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0210–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0220–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0230–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0240–79 (80 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0250–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0260–399 (400 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0270–79 (80 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0280–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0290–399 (400 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0300–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0310–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0320–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part AC0330–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0010–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0020–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0030–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0040–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0050–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0060–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0070–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0080–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0090–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0100–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0110–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0120–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0130–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0140–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0150–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0160–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0170–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0180–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0190–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0200–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0210–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0220–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0230–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0240–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0250–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0260–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0270–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0280–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0290–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0300–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0310–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0320–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0330–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0340–79 (80 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0350–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0360–399 (400 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0370–79 (80 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0380–199 (200 frames)ImageVideo
Part BC0390–399 (400 frames)ImageVideo

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Paper evidence audit

Gaussian-process sampling for corrugated boards

This panel transcribes the published design domain, response definitions and evaluation budget. It is source evidence, not a replay: the recorded optimization images above are not a Gaussian-process acquisition trace.

Audit · not reproduced
Evaluations
1000
200 LHS + 800 active
Candidates / step
1000
Reported candidate pool
E_z,eff
Effective through-thickness modulus
Reported MSE: 5.24 kPa²
t_eff
Effective thickness
Reported MSE: 1 mm²
Published design domain
VariableSymbolMinimumMaximum
Flute thicknesst0.005 m0.02 m
Flute amplitudea0.001 m0.01 m
Flute wavelengthλ0.0001 m0.002 m
Material constants and replay requirements
Published orthotropic constants
E₁1,709,000,000 Pa
E₂918,000,000 Pa
E₃8,995,000 Pa
G₁₂485,000,000 Pa
ν₁₂0.4 —
G₁₃31,070,000 Pa
G₂₃26,230,000 Pa
ν₁₃0.001 —
ν₂₃0.001 —

Still missing for an exact replay

  • The evaluated 1000-row design and response table
  • Gaussian-process kernel and fitted hyperparameters
  • Random seed and exact candidate archive
  • Per-iteration acquisition values and selected candidates

Review evidence map

How the recorded work fits the wider field

The 2023 review organizes corrugated-board optimization across history, manufacturing, structural design, objectives and algorithms. This map connects those review lenses to evidence already exposed in ProjectHub; it is not a solver, dataset or reproduced paper result.

Review · not a simulation

RQ1

Map the optimization methods used for corrugated board and their economic and environmental contribution.

RQ2

Trace how those methods evolved and identify the drivers behind the change.

RQ3

Identify state-of-the-art limitations that point to future optimization trends.

Five review lenses

  1. Early stages of corrugated-board optimization
  2. Advances in board design and manufacturing
  3. Structural design optimization
  4. Optimization objectives
  5. Numerical optimization algorithms
ProjectHub evidence bridge
Project evidenceClassBoundary
72-case recorded explorer →Recorded optimizer outputsThe source frames are not a dataset extracted from the review and do not prove coverage of every method it surveys.
Gaussian-process paper audit →Single-paper parameter and budget auditThe audit is not an EHVI replay and the recorded frames are not a Gaussian-process trace.
Corrugated-board FEM →Executed reduced model plus source-bounded FEM auditsReduced calculation, paper evidence and solver outputs remain separate evidence classes.
Findings and execution boundary
  • The reviewed field shifted from trial-and-error and expert-led practice towards data-centred computational methods.
  • Finite-element analysis, surrogate models and numerical algorithms broadened the available methods, without establishing one dominant approach.
  • Multidisciplinary methods entered from adjacent engineering fields.
  • The review identifies broader shape, topology, environmental and multi-objective treatment as areas needing further work.
Read the publisher record · CC BY 4.0 ↗Published 2023-11-03 · Ricardo Fitas, Heinz Joachim Schaffrath and Samuel Schabel