Variational Methods for Structural Optimization (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)

In recent decades, it has become possible to turn the design process into computer algorithms. By applying different computer oriented methods the topology and shape of structures can be optimized and thus designs systematically improved. These possibilities have stimulated an interest in the mathematical foundations of structural optimization. The challenge of this book is to bridge a gap between a rigorous mathematical approach to variational problems and the practical use of algorithms of structural optimization in engineering applications. The foundations of structural optimization are presented in a sufficiently simple form to make them available for practical use and to allow their critical appraisal for improving and adapting these results to specific models. Special attention is to pay to the description of optimal structures of composites; to deal with this problem, novel mathematical methods of nonconvex calculus of variation are developed. The exposition is accompanied by examples.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Applied Mathematical Sciences, 140
Release date:	June 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Andrej Cherkaev
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	548
Edition:	2000 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-98462-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Optimization > General Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > General
LSN:	0-387-98462-3
Barcode:	9780387984629

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