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With Special Reference to Alternative Loads Using Geometric Programming
1 online resource (viii, 154 pages 63 illustrations)
This book presents the integrated approach of analysis and optimal design of structures. This approach, which is more convenient than the so-called nested approach, has the difficulty of generating a large optimization problem. To overcome this problem a methodology of decomposition by multilevel is developed. This technique, which is also suitable for implementation on parallel processing computers, has the advantage of reducing the size of the optimization problem generated. The geometric programming for both equality and inequality constraints is used in the optimization.
Introduction -- Geometric Programming with Equality Constraints -- Decomposition and Reduction Techniques for Large Scale Structural Optimization -- Parallel Decomposition for Alternative Loads in Structural Optimization -- Application to Truss Type Structures -- Summary, Conclusions and Plans for Future Work -- References.