Application of the first-order perturbation method to optimal structural design

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 425-436

  Lee, Byung Woo ^a   Lim, O Kaung ^b  

^a Dongeui Technical Junior College   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

First order perturbation; Optimal design; Sensitivity analysis; Stochastic finite element method

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DISPLACEMENT CONSTRAINT; EIGENVALUE CONSTRAINT; FIRST ORDER PERTURBATION METHOD; FIRST ORDER STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENT PERTURBATION METHOD; GRADIENT BASED NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE; OPTIMUM STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SENSITIVITY COEFFICIENT;

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030189059     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.1996.4.4.425     Document Type: Article

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