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Second Edition
By
Jasbir Arora, University of Iowa, Professor in theDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering & the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Description
Introduction to Optimum Design is intended for use in a first course on engineering design and optimization. Virtually any problem for
which specific parameters need to be determined to satisfy constraints can be formulated as a design optimization problem. The concepts
and methods described in the text are quite general and applicable to all such formulations. Inasmuch, the range of application of the
optimum design methodology is almost limitless, constrained only by the imagination and ingenuity of the user.
Throughout the text,
simple design problems involving two to three design variables and three to four constraints are solved in detail to illustrate fundamental
concepts and basic ideas. The necessary results from optimization theory are stated and their implications are studied through application
to engineering design problems. Theory and concepts of optimum design are explained only through examples and simple engineering applications.
Several of the numerical procedures and concepts described in the text are useful in many other engineering courses and applications.
Audience
Engineering students and practitioners studying optimization and mechanical engineering design.
Contents
1. Introduction to Design,
2. Optimum Design Problem Formulation,
3. Graphical Optimization,
4. Optimum Design Concepts,
5. More on
Optimum Design Concepts,
6. Linear Programming Methods for Optimum Design,
7. More on Linear Programming Methods for Optimum Design,
8. Numerical Methods for Unconstrained Optimum Design,
9. More on Numerical Methods for Unconstrained Optimum Design,
10. Numerical
Methods for Constrained Optimum Design,
11. More on Numerical Methods for Constrained Optimum Design,
12. Introduction to Optimum Design
with MATLAB,
13. Interactive Design Optimization,
14. Design Optimization Applications with Implicit Functions,
15. Discrete Variable
Optimum Design Concepts and Methods,
16. Genetic Algorithms for Optimum Design,
17. Multi-Objective Optimum Design Concepts and Methods,
18. Global Optimization Concepts and Methods for Optimum Design, Appendices
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 728 pages, publication date: MAY-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-064155-0
ISBN-10: 0-12-064155-0
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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