Optimization of structural and mechanical systems / editor Jasbir S. Arora.

Computational optimization methods have matured over the last few years due to extensive research by applied mathematicians and engineers. These methods have been applied to many practical applications. Several general-purpose optimization programs and programs for specific engineering applications have become available to solve particular optimization problems. Written by leading researchers in the field of optimization, this highly readable book covers state-of-the-art computational algorithms as well as applications of optimization to structural and mechanical systems. Formulations of the problems and numerical solutions are presented, and topics requiring further research are also suggested.

Ch. 1. Introduction to Optimization / Jasbir S. Arora -- Ch. 2. Optimization of Large Scale Systems / Jose Herskovits, Evandro Goulart and Miguel Aroztegui -- Ch. 3. Structural Optimization Using Evolutionary Computation / Christopher M. Foley -- Ch. 4. Multiobjective Optimization: Concepts and Methods / Achille Messac and Anoop A. Mullur -- Ch. 5. Shape Optimization / Tae Hee Lee -- Ch. 6. Topology Optimization / Martin P. Bendsoe and Ole Sigmund -- Ch. 7. Shape Design Sensitivity Analysis of Nonlinear Structural Systems / Nam Ho Kim -- Ch. 8. Optimal Control of Structures / Satish Nagarajaiah and Sriram Narasimhan -- Ch. 9. Optimization of Systems for Acoustics / Ashok D. Belegundu and Michael D. Grissom -- Ch. 10. Design Optimization Under Uncertainty / Sankaran Mahadevan -- Ch. 11. Design Optimization with Uncertainty, Life-cycle Performance and Cost Considerations / Dan M. Frangopol, Kurt Maute and Min Liu -- Ch. 12. Optimization-based Inverse Kinematics of Articulated Linkages / Karim Abdel-Malek and Jingzhou Yang -- Ch. 13. Multidisciplinary Design Optimization / Gyung-Jin Park -- Ch. 14. Meshfree Method and Application to Shape Optimization / J. S. Chen and Nam Ho Kim -- Ch. 15. Sensitivity-free Formulations for Structural and Mechanical System Optimization / Jasbir S. Arora and Qian Wang -- Ch. 16. Kriging Metamodel Based Optimization / Tae Hee Lee and Jae Jun Jung -- Ch. 17. Robust Design Based on Optimization / Byung Man Kwak -- Ch. 18. Parallel Computations for Design Optimization / S. D. Rajan and A. Damle -- Ch. 19. Semidefinite Programming for Structural Optimization / Mukoto Ohsaki and Yoshihiro Kanno -- Ch. 20. Nonlinear Optimal Control / Soura Dasgupta.