A sensitivity interpretation of adjoint variables in optimal design

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(85)90068-4MaRDI QIDQ793575zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ashok D. Belegundu, Jasbir S. Arora

Publication date 1985

Published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7825(85)90068-4

zbMATH Keywords

adjoint variablesderivatives of cost and constraint functionsrespect to design variablesrespect to the loading or forcing functionsensitivity of the cost and constraint functionssensitivity theoremstructural, mechanical dynamic, and distributed parameter systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P99) Sensitivity (robustness) (93B35)

Review text

The adjoint method of computing derivatives of cost and constraint functions with respect to design variables requires the calculation of certain adjoint variables. Until now, the adjoint variables have been looked upon only as some intermediate vectors needed to calculate design derivatives. In this paper, they are shown to have an important significance. They represent the sensitivity of the cost and constraint functions with respect to the loading or forcing function in the design problem. A sensitivity theorem for the adjoint variables is presented for structural, mechanical dynamic, and distributed parameter systems. These results offer some immediate practical advantages, such as a method for computing influence coefficients for structural systems, and a method for verifying (debugging) the analytical calculation of adjoint variables in development of a computer code.

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