Structural Optimization

• Main Authors: MacBain, Keith M. (Author), Spillers, William R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mathematical optimization.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Engineering design.; Civil engineering.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Building Construction.; Optimization.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Civil Engineering.; Engineering Design.

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. Provi...