Efficient Optimum Design of Structures--Program DDDU,

Abstract

An efficient optimization algorithm is developed for the engineering structures subject to multiple constraints. The highly non-linear and implicit problem is reduced to a sequence of quasi-linear constraints and explicit problems of the statically determinated structures. The method is based on the Kuhn-Tucker necessary conditions for optimiality associated with a simple quadratic programming to determine the lagrange multipliers and to delete non-active constraints simultaneously. A number of examples including trusses and wing structures show that the method is efficient when compared with other competing techniques.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADP000090

Entities

People

  • Jintong Zhang
  • Lingxi Qian
  • Wanxie Zhong
  • Yunkang Sui

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Programming
  • Engineering
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Mathematics
  • Optimization
  • Quadratic Programming
  • Sequences
  • Systems Science

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  • Operations Research