Optimum structural design: fundamentals, software & engineering applications

In all engineering problems, designers try to find efficient solutions which meet a set of requirements. Using optimization techniques engineers can obtain the best solution within those imposed restrictions. The structures designed in this manner are safer, more reliable and economical. At the present time, structural optimization has vast practical applications in different engineering fields.

This course includes a complete panorama of numerical optimization methods and commercial codes. Examples solved by general purpose computer programs are included as well as others by employing specific codes.