Overview
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Raphael T. Haftka
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Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
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Zafer Gürdal
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Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
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Manohar P. Kamat
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School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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- Raphael T. Haftka, Zafer Gürdal, Manohar P. Kamat
Pages 1-17
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- Raphael T. Haftka, Zafer Gürdal, Manohar P. Kamat
Pages 19-60
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- Raphael T. Haftka, Zafer Gürdal, Manohar P. Kamat
Pages 61-98
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- Raphael T. Haftka, Zafer Gürdal, Manohar P. Kamat
Pages 99-134
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- Raphael T. Haftka, Zafer Gürdal, Manohar P. Kamat
Pages 135-175
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- Raphael T. Haftka, Zafer Gürdal, Manohar P. Kamat
Pages 177-209
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- Raphael T. Haftka, Zafer Gürdal, Manohar P. Kamat
Pages 211-250
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- Raphael T. Haftka, Zafer Gürdal, Manohar P. Kamat
Pages 251-281
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- Raphael T. Haftka, Zafer Gürdal, Manohar P. Kamat
Pages 283-318
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- Raphael T. Haftka, Zafer Gürdal, Manohar P. Kamat
Pages 319-340
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- Raphael T. Haftka, Zafer Gürdal, Manohar P. Kamat
Pages 341-384
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Back Matter
Pages 385-402
About this book
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 now. 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. Most engineers who design structures employ complex general-purpose software packages for structural analysis. Often they do not have any access to the source the details of program, and even more frequently they have only scant knowledge 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.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
Raphael T. Haftka
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Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
Zafer Gürdal
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School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Manohar P. Kamat
