Optimal Design of a Corrugated Transverse Bulkhead; An Example of the Use of the Factorable Programming Language,

Abstract

Most optimal engineering design problems involve only factorable functions, those functions which can be decomposed into complicated transformed sums and products of functions of a single variable. A language for nonlinear programming is described based on the concept of factorable functions. The use of the language is explained using a nonlinear programming model of the optimal design of a corrugated transverse bulkhead.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 1975
Accession Number
ADA008179

Entities

People

  • Garth Philip McCormick

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bulkheads
  • Computer Programming
  • Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Language
  • Nonlinear Programming
  • Programming Languages
  • Systems Science
  • Transverse

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Structural Dynamics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.