Application of a gradient-based algorithm to structural optimization

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-180). === Optimization methods have shown to be efficient at improving structural design, but their use is limited in the engineering practice...

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Main Author: Ghisbain, Pierre
Other Authors: Jerome J. Connor.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47758