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| 0540-6412-01 | Optimization in Structural Design | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 3.0
Course description
Prerequisites: Theory of Structures-0542.4222
Essentials of Mathematical Programming: unidirectional search, numerical methods for unconstrained and constrained optimization problems. Review of matrix structural analysis methods, sensitivity analysis. Formulation of the structural optimization problem: stiffness, geometry and topological variables. Methods of exact and approximate reanalysis. Topological optimization. Heuristic optimization techniques. Matlab based applications.
Essentials of Mathematical Programming: unidirectional search, numerical methods for unconstrained and constrained optimization problems. Review of matrix structural analysis methods, sensitivity analysis. Formulation of the structural optimization problem: stiffness, geometry and topological variables. Methods of exact and approximate reanalysis. Topological optimization. Heuristic optimization techniques. Matlab based applications.