Overview
- Provides a gentle introduction to the field of structural optimization 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
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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. It then proposes using sequential linear programming together with the incremental equations of structures as a general method for structural optimization. It is furthermore intended to give the engineer an overview of the field of structural optimization.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Structural Optimization
Authors: Keith M. MacBain, William R. Spillers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95865-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-95864-4Published: 24 June 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7774-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-95865-1Published: 10 June 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 304
Topics: Building Construction and Design, Optimization, Mathematical and Computational Engineering, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Civil Engineering, Engineering Design