Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Part 1 Lectures: algorithms, a new separable approximation scheme for topological problems and optimization problems characterized by a large number of design variables, P. Duysinx et al; approximation concepts - shape optimization strategies using the multi-point approximation method and adaptive mesh refinement, F. van Keulen et al; truss lay-out - layout optimization using reduction and expansion processes, U. Kirsch; topology optimization - the perimeter method - a new approach to variable-topology shape design, R.B. Haber et al; optimum design of lattice continuum material suggested by mechanical adaptation model of cancellous bone, M. Takana et al; some recent extensions in the distribution of isotropic material, H.P. Mlejnek; laminates - anti-optimization technique for designing composite structures, M. Lombardi et al; shape optimization - models for shape optimization of dynamically loaded machine parts, J. Grunwald and E. Schnak; design parameterization - hierarchical modelling in shape optimization, A. Falk et al; analysis and optimization - an efficiency study of the simultaneous analysis and design of structures, A.G. Striz et al; non-linear elasticity - shape design sensitivity analysis of hyperelastic solids, K.K. Choi and W. Duan; plasticity - analysis and optimization of weakly coupled thermo-elasto-plastic systems with applications to weldment design, P. Michaleris et al; viscoelasticity - some general theorems on optimality of disks with respect to ductile creep rupture, K. Szuwalski; plates and shells - optimization of stiffened sandwich plates under static and vibration damping constraints calculating the reduced thickness of the stiffened face, F.J. Szabo; optimal structural control and design - integrated optimal structural and control design, J.-S. Ou and N. Kikuchi; dynamic loads - optimal design of one-dimensional distributed-parameter structures for forced-mode compliance, I. Takewaki and T. Nakamura; multiple eigenvalues - layout design of plate reinforcements with a buckling load criterion, J. Folgado et al; optimal buckling design of composite plates, J.S. Hansen; postbuckling - design trends of minimum-weight blade-stiffened composite panel for postbuckling response, C.A. Perry and Z. Gurdal; non-conservative problems - optimization of a fluid-conveying tubes, M. Langthjem; fluid flow problems - shape optimization for a fluid-heat coupled system, D. Chenais et al; multicriterion optimization - a multicriteria view of the Rayleigh quotient, W. Stadler; multidisciplinary optimization - dynamic optimization of space structures and recent developments of MCADS, Y. Gu and G. Cheng. Part 2 Decomposition methods: decomposition of simultaneous analysis and design models, N. Michelena et al; multibody systems - sensitivity analysis of mechanisms based on the joint coordinate method, J.M. Hansen and D.A. Tortorelli; reliability based optimization - design sensitivity (Part contents)