# [Study Name]

**Created**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Status**: [planned | active | completed | archived]

## Overview

[Brief description of what this study aims to achieve]

## Design Problem

**Part**: [Part name/description]
**Goal**: [What are we trying to optimize?]
**Constraints**: [What limits must be respected?]

## Design Variables

| Variable | Type | Min | Max | Units | Description |
|----------|------|-----|-----|-------|-------------|
| var1_name | continuous | X.X | Y.Y | mm | Description |
| var2_name | integer | N | M | - | Description |

## Objectives

1. **Primary Objective**: [Main goal - e.g., minimize displacement]
2. **Secondary Objectives**: [Additional goals - e.g., minimize mass, stress]

## Constraints

- **Constraint 1**: [Description and limit - e.g., max displacement < 10mm]
- **Constraint 2**: [Description and limit]

## Study Organization

### 1_setup/
Pre-optimization setup and validation
- `model/` - Reference CAD/FEM model
- `benchmarking/` - Baseline validation results

### 2_substudies/
Optimization runs (numbered chronologically)
- `01_[descriptive_name]/` - First substudy
- `02_[descriptive_name]/` - Second substudy
- ...

### 3_reports/
Study-level analysis and comparisons
- Cross-substudy comparisons
- Final recommendations
- Lessons learned

## Current Status

**Last Updated**: YYYY-MM-DD

**Completed Substudies**: N
**Total Trials Run**: XXX
**Best Result So Far**: [Brief summary]

**Next Steps**:
- [ ] Step 1
- [ ] Step 2

## Key Findings

[Summary of important discoveries]

## References

- Configuration: [beam_optimization_config.json](beam_optimization_config.json)
- Metadata: [study_metadata.json](study_metadata.json)
- Runner Script: [run_optimization.py](run_optimization.py)