Ebook: Elements of Structural Optimization
- Tags: Civil Engineering, Mechanics, Engineering general
- Series: Solid Mechanics And Its Applications 11
- Year: 1992
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 3
- Language: English
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The field of structural optimization is still a relatively new field undergoing rapid changes in methods and focus. Until recently there was a severe imbalance between the enormous amount of literature on the subject, and the paucity of applications to practical design problems. This imbalance is being gradually redressed. There is still no shortage of new publications, but there are also exciting applications of the methods of structural optimizations in the automotive, aerospace, civil engineering, machine design and other engineering fields. As a result of the growing pace of applications, research into structural optimization methods is increasingly driven by real-life problems. t-.Jost engineers who design structures employ complex general-purpose software packages for structural analysis. Often they do not have any access to the source program, and even more frequently they have only scant knowledge of the details of the structural analysis algorithms used in this software packages. Therefore the major challenge faced by researchers in structural optimization is to develop methods that are suitable for use with such software packages. Another major challenge is the high computational cost associated with the analysis of many complex real-life problems. In many cases the engineer who has the task of designing a structure cannot afford to analyze it more than a handful of times.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-21
Classical Tools in Structural Optimization....Pages 23-69
Linear Programming....Pages 71-114
Unconstrained Optimization....Pages 115-158
Constrained Optimization....Pages 159-207
Aspects of The Optimization Process in Practice....Pages 209-254
Sensitivity of Discrete Systems....Pages 255-304
Introduction to Variational Sensitivity Analysis....Pages 305-346
Dual and Optimality Criteria Methods....Pages 347-386
Decomposition and Multilevel Optimization....Pages 387-414
Optimum Design of Laminated Composite Structures....Pages 415-468
Back Matter....Pages 469-489
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-21
Classical Tools in Structural Optimization....Pages 23-69
Linear Programming....Pages 71-114
Unconstrained Optimization....Pages 115-158
Constrained Optimization....Pages 159-207
Aspects of The Optimization Process in Practice....Pages 209-254
Sensitivity of Discrete Systems....Pages 255-304
Introduction to Variational Sensitivity Analysis....Pages 305-346
Dual and Optimality Criteria Methods....Pages 347-386
Decomposition and Multilevel Optimization....Pages 387-414
Optimum Design of Laminated Composite Structures....Pages 415-468
Back Matter....Pages 469-489
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