Engineering | Structural Optimization

Structural Optimization
Spillers, William R., MacBain, Keith M.
2009, XV, 320 p. 46 illus. With CD-ROM., Hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-387-95864-4
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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 workplace. This book brings the methods of
structural optimization into common usage like those of the finite element method. Providing the structural
engineer with the right analysis tools and optimization tools.

Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples and illustrative applications, Keith
MacBain and William Spillers discuss:
• Structural optimization and the methods of nonlinear programming such as Lagrange multipliers, Kuhn-Tucker
conditions, and calculus of variations
• Solution methods for optimization problems emphasizing the classic method of linear programming and the method
of sequential linear programming
• Using sequential linear programming together with the incremental equations of structures as a general approach
for structural optimization.

Included is a CD-ROM packed with Microsoft Excel, MATLAB®,and FORTRAN (IMSL) routines, and a DLL
with linear programming capabilities that will be invaluable to readers.

Structural Optimization will be of interest to structural engineers, mechanical engineers, aerospace engineers
and architects, particularly those who use the finite element method and want to include optimization in their
designs.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner

Keywords » Kuhn-Tucker conditions - Lagrange multipliers - analysis and design tools - calculus of variations -
engineering workplace - finite element method - incremental equations - linear programming - nonlinear
programming - sequential linear programming - structural optimization

Related subjects » Complexity - Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics

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