1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910583337703321

Autore

Arora Jasbir S.

Titolo

Introduction to optimum design / / Jasbir Singh Arora

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Academic Press, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

0-12-800918-7

0-12-800806-7

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 945 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

620.0042015118

Soggetti

Engineering design - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

I. The basic concepts -- Introduction to design optimization -- Optimum design problem formulation -- Graphical solution method and basic optimization concepts -- Optimum design concepts : optimality conditions -- More on optimum design concepts : optimaility conditions -- II. Numerical methods for continuous variable optimization -- 6. Optimum design : numerical solution process and Excel solver -- Optimum design with MATLAB -- Linear programming methods for optimum design -- More on linear programming methods and optimum design -- Numerical methods for unconstrained optimum design -- More on numerical methods for unconstrained optimum design -- Numerical methods for constrained optimum design -- More on numerical methods for constrained optimum design -- Practical applications of optimization -- III. Advanced and modern topics on optimum design --- Discrete variable optimum design concepts and methods -- Global optimization concepts and methods -- Nature-spired search methods -- Multi-objective optimum design concepts and methods -- 19. Additional topics on optimum design.

Sommario/riassunto

This text describes engineering design optimization in a rigorous, yet simplified manner, illustrates various concepts and procedures with simple examples, and demonstrates their applicability to engineering design problems.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299444003321

Autore

Stahr Alexander

Titolo

Landforms of High Mountains / / by Alexander Stahr, Ewald Langenscheidt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-642-53715-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Collana

Springer Geography

Disciplina

551.41

577

910

910.02

Soggetti

Geomorphology

Physical geography

Landscape ecology

Physical Geography

Landscape Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Landforms Determined by Tectonics -- Volcanoes -- Weathering and Erosion Form High Mountains -- Landscapes Caused by Geological Structure and Rock Features -- Shaping of High Mountains by Snow -- Glaciers -- Glaciers Form the Landscape -- Meltwater and Landscape -- Water and High Mountains -- How Man Shapes the High Mountains.

Sommario/riassunto

This image atlas and reference book is written in simple language that can be understood by a broad audience. The work comprehensively explains the geomorphological forms of high mountains using many examples like glacial erosion forms and deposits such as moraines and gravel terraces, which are illustrated with numerous photographs. Landslide landscapes, volcanoes, weathering, and erosion are other examples discussed. These examples are from across the world, including the Himalayas, the Alps, the Andes, and the Southern Alps of New Zealand. This work is useful for laymen who are interested in



geosciences, especially high-mountain landforms, as well as for students and teachers of earth sciences.