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  title info:
    non sort: An
    title: Introduction to Structural Optimization
  name:
    name part: Christensen, Peter W.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Klarbring, Anders.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2009
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: X, 214 p. online resource.
  abstract: Mechanical and structural engineers have always strived to make as efficient use of material as possible, e.g. by making structures as light as possible yet able to carry the loads subjected to them. In the past, the search for more efficient structures was a trial-and-error process. However, in the last two decades computational tools based on optimization theory have been developed that make it possible to find optimal structures more or less automatically. Due to the high cost savings and performance gains that may be achieved, such tools are finding increasing industrial use. This textbook gives an introduction to all three classes of geometry optimization problems of mechanical structures: sizing, shape and topology optimization. The style is explicit and concrete, focusing on problem formulations and numerical solution methods. The treatment is detailed enough to enable readers to write their own implementations. On the book's homepage, programs may be downloaded that further facilitate the learning of the material covered. The mathematical prerequisites are kept to a bare minimum, making the book suitable for undergraduate, or beginning graduate, students of mechanical or structural engineering. Practicing engineers working with structural optimization software would also benefit from reading this book.
  table of contents: Examples of Optimization of Discrete Parameter Systems -- Basics of Convex Programming -- Sequential Explicit, Convex Approximations -- Sizing Stiffness Optimization of a Truss -- Sensitivity Analysis -- Two-Dimensional Shape Optimization -- Stiffness Optimization of Distributed Parameter Systems -- Topology Optimization of Distributed Parameter Systems.
  note: by Peter W. Christensen, Anders Klarbring.
  subject:
    topic: Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Computer mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical optimization
  subject:
    topic: Computational intelligence
  subject:
    topic: Structural mechanics
  subject:
    topic: Engineering design
  subject:
    topic: Buildings
    topic: Design and construction
  subject:
    topic: Building
  subject:
    topic: Construction
  subject:
    topic: Engineering, Architectural
  subject:
    topic: Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Building Construction
  subject:
    topic: Engineering Design
  subject:
    topic: Structural Mechanics
  subject:
    topic: Optimization
  subject:
    topic: Computational Intelligence
  subject:
    topic: Computational Science and Engineering
  classification: TH1-9745
  classification: 690
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 153
  identifier: 9781402086663
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8666-3
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