Introduction to Optimum Design, Fifth Edition is the most widely used textbook in engineering optimization and optimum design courses. It is intended for use in a first course on engineering design and optimization at the undergraduate or graduate level within engineering departments of all disciplines, but primarily within mechanical, aerospace and civil engineering. The basic approach of the text presents an organized approach to engineering design optimization in a rigorous yet simplified manner, illustrating various concepts and procedures with simple examples and demonstrating their applicability to engineering design problems. Formulation of a design problem as an optimization problem is emphasized and illustrated throughout the text. Excel and MATLAB are featured as learning and teaching aids. This new edition has been enhanced with new or expanded content in such areas as reliability-based optimization, metamodeling, design of experiments, robust design, nature-inspired metaheuristic search methods, and combinatorial optimizaton. Describes basic concepts of optimality conditions and numerical methods with simple and practical examples, making the material highly teachable and learnableIncludes applications of optimization methods for structural, mechanical, aerospace, and industrial engineering problemsCovers practical design examples and introduces students to the use of optimization methodsServes the needs of instructors who teach more advanced coursesFeatures new or expanded contents in such areas as design under uncertainty - reliability-based design optimization, metamodeling - response surface method, design of experiments, nature-inspired metaheuristic search methods, and robust design INDICE: THE BASIC CONCEPTS 1. Introduction to Design Optimization 2. Optimum Design Problem Formulation 3. Graphical Solution Method and Basic Optimization Concepts 4. Optimum Design Concepts: Optimality Conditions 5. More on Optimum Design Concepts: Optimality Conditions NUMERICAL METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS VARIABLE OPTIMIZATION 6. Optimum Design: Numerical Solution Process and Excel Solver 7. Optimum Design with MATLAB® 8. Linear Programming Methods for Optimum Design 9. More on Linear Programming Methods for Optimum Design 10. Numerical Methods for Unconstrained Optimum Design 11. More on Numerical Methods for Unconstrained Optimum Design 12. Numerical Methods for Constrained Optimum Design 13. More on Numerical Methods for Constrained Optimum Design 14. Practical Applications of Optimization ADVANCED AND MODERN TOPICS ON OPTIMUM DESIGN 15. Discrete Variable Optimum Design Concepts and Methods 16. Global Optimization: Concepts and Methods 17. Nature-inspired Metaheuristic Search Methods 18. Multi-Objective Optimum Design Concepts and Methods 19. Introduction to Design Under Uncertainty: Reliability-Based Design Optimization 20. Metamodels for Design Optimization: Response Surface Method 21. Robust Design and Optimization - An Introduction 22. Design of Experiments - An Introduction Appendix A. Vector and Matrix Algebra Appendix B. Sample Computer Programs
- ISBN: 978-0-12-818320-5
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 1120
- Fecha Publicación: 04/04/2024
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