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The Optimum Shape

Automated Structural Design

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. J. A. Bennett

    1. General Motors Research Laboratories, USA

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  2. M. E. Botkin

    1. General Motors Research Laboratories, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  3. Analysis and Modeling for Shape Optimization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Automatic Finite Element Modeling for Use with Three-Dimensional Shape Optimization

      • M. S. Shephard, M. A. Yerry
      Pages 113-137

    3. Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Shape Optimization of Linearly Elastic Structures

      • N. Kikuchi, K. Y. Chung, T. Torigaki, J. E. Taylor
      Pages 139-169

    4. Uncertainties in Engineering Design: Mathematical Theory and Numerical Experience

      • I. BabuÅ¡ka
      Pages 171-197

    5. Boundary Elements in Shape Optimal Design of Structures

      • C. A. Mota Soares, K. K. Choi
      Pages 199-231

  4. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
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    2. Shape Optimization of Three-Dimensional Stamped and Solid Automotive Components

      • M. E. Botkin, R. J. Yang, J. A. Bennett
      Pages 235-262

    3. Multidisciplinary Shape Optimization

      • G. N. Vanderplaats
      Pages 263-281

    4. Optimal Shape Design of Axisymmetric Structures

      • Ph. Trompette, J. L. Marcelin, C. Lallemand
      Pages 283-295

    5. Shape Optimal Design by the Convex Linearization Method

      • C. Fleury
      Pages 297-326
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About this book

This book contains the papers presented at the International Symposium, "The Optimum Shape: Automated Structural Design," held at the General Motors Research Laboratories on September 3D-October 1, 1985. This was the 30th symposium in a series which the Research Laboratories began sponsoring in 1957. Each symposium has focused on a topic that is both under active study at the Research Laboratories and is also of interest to the larger technical community. While attempts to produce a structure which performs a certain task with the minimum amount of resources probably predates recorded civilization, the idea of coupling formal optimization techniques with computer-based structural analysis techniques was first proposed in the early 1960s. Although it was recognized at this time that the most fundamental description of the problem would be in terms of the shape or contours of the structure, much of the early work described the problem in terms of structural sizing parameters instead of geometrical descriptions. Within the past few years, several research groups have started to explore this more fundamental area of shape design. Initial research has raised many new questions about appropriate selection of design variables, methods of calculating derivatives, and generation of the underlying analysis problem.

Editors and Affiliations

  • General Motors Research Laboratories, USA

    J. A. Bennett, M. E. Botkin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Optimum Shape

  • Book Subtitle: Automated Structural Design

  • Editors: J. A. Bennett, M. E. Botkin

  • Series Title: General Motors Research Laboratories Symposia Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9483-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-9485-7Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-9483-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 412

  • Number of Illustrations: 115 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Mechanical Engineering

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