ISSN:
0029-5981
Keywords:
Engineering
;
Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
,
Technology
Notes:
A numerical method for solving finite dimensional structural optimization problems with constraints on natural frequency and on buckling is formulated. The method treats nondifferentiable repeated eigenvalues that have been shown to systematically arise in structural optimization. Recent results on differentiability of eigenvalues are used to develop a generalized gradient projection method for structural optimization. The algorithm is shown to overcome technical difficulties associated with nondifferentiability of repeated eigenvalues. The method is used to solve buckling and vibration optimization problems in which repeated eigenvalues occur.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620190110