Andrej Cherkaev
Description
In recent decades, it has become possible to turn the design process into computer algorithms. By applying different computer oriented methods the top
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ology 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.
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Science & Technology
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Mathematics
Language Arts & Disciplines
Science
Physics
Calculus
Library & Information Science
Mechanics
Functional Analysis
System Theory
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Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Month-Year
Jun, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780387984629
ISBN-10: 0387984623
Language
English
No. of Pages
548
Format
Hardcover
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