Structural Optimization is intended to supplement the engineer’s box of analysis and design tools making optimization as commonplace as the finite element method in the engineering workplace. It begins with an introduction to structural optimization and the methods of nonlinear programming such as Lagrange multipliers, Kuhn-Tucker conditions, and calculus of variations. It then discusses solution methods for optimization problems such as the classic method of linear programming which leads to the method of sequential linear programming. Itthen proposes using sequential linear programming together with the incremental equations of structures as a general method for structural optimization. Itis furthermore intended to give the engineer an overview of the field of structural optimization. Provides a gentle introduction to the field of structuraloptimization for engineers that have primarily used such tools as finite element method in the past Combines the combination of sequential linear programming and the incremental equations of structures INDICE: Introduction.- Tools of optimization.- Structural optimization using sequential linear programming and the incremental equations of structures.-Optimality criteria methods.- Some simple structural optimization problems.- Beams, plates, shells and the work of Rozvany.- Plastic design and the work from Brown University.- Practical problems of structural optimization and the work of Farkas.- Some dynamic problems of structural optimization-multicriteria optimization.- Structural optimization classics.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-95864-4
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 350
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés