04095nam 22007095 450 991025434160332120200701144625.03-319-55197-310.1007/978-3-319-55197-5(CKB)3710000001127278(DE-He213)978-3-319-55197-5(MiAaPQ)EBC6312602(MiAaPQ)EBC5579612(Au-PeEL)EBL5579612(OCoLC)982056404(PPN)199767009(EXLCZ)99371000000112727820170328d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOptimization Methods in Structural Design /by Alan Rothwell1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2017.1 online resource (XVI, 314 p. 113 illus.) Solid Mechanics and Its Applications,0925-0042 ;2423-319-55196-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- 1 The Conventional Design Process -- 2 Optimality Criteria -- 3 The General Optimization Problem -- 4 Numerical Methods for Unconstrained Optimization -- 5 Numerical Methods for Constrained Optimization -- 6 Optimization of Beams -- 7 Reinforced Shell Structures -- 8 Composite Laminates -- 9 Laminate Optimization -- 10 Optimization with Finite Element Analysis. Final Word -- Appendix -- Index.This book offers an introduction to numerical optimization methods in structural design. Employing a readily accessible and compact format, the book presents an overview of optimization methods, and equips readers to properly set up optimization problems and interpret the results. A ‘how-to-do-it’ approach is followed throughout, with less emphasis at this stage on mathematical derivations. The book features spreadsheet programs provided in Microsoft Excel, which allow readers to experience optimization ‘hands-on.’ Examples covered include truss structures, columns, beams, reinforced shell structures, stiffened panels and composite laminates. For the last three, a review of relevant analysis methods is included. Exercises, with solutions where appropriate, are also included with each chapter. The book offers a valuable resource for engineering students at the upper undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as others in the industry and elsewhere who are new to these highly practical techniques.While the specific application is to structural design, the principles involved can be applied far more widely.Solid Mechanics and Its Applications,0925-0042 ;242Engineering designMechanicsMechanics, AppliedAerospace engineeringAstronauticsComputer mathematicsEngineering Designhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T17020Solid Mechanicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T15010Aerospace Technology and Astronauticshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T17050Computational Science and Engineeringhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M14026Engineering design.Mechanics.Mechanics, Applied.Aerospace engineering.Astronautics.Computer mathematics.Engineering Design.Solid Mechanics.Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.Computational Science and Engineering.624.17713Rothwell Alanauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut910931MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910254341603321Optimization Methods in Structural Design2039149UNINA