Optimization of large-scale truss structures using sparse SAND formulations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 390-407

  Wang, Qian ^a   Arora, Jasbir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Large scale optimization; Sequential quadratic programming (SQP); Simultaneous analysis and design (SAND); Sparse; Truss structures

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

LARGE-SCALE OPTIMIZATION; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING (SQP); SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (SAND); TRUSS STRUCTURES;

TRUSSES;

ALGORITHMS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TRUSSES;

EID: 33846078742     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1773     Document Type: Article

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