An improved variable penalty algorithm for automated structural design

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(82)90079-2zbMath0487.73106MaRDI QIDQ1165674

Birendra Prasad

Publication date: 1982

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(82)90079-2

zbMATH Keywords

modified Newton method; converged minimum design in small number of iterations; effectiveness of algorithm; extension of SUMT procedure; flexible penalty function; p-member truss; plane stress p-node plate; sequence of unconstrained minimization technique

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65K05: Numerical mathematical programming methods

65K10: Numerical optimization and variational techniques

74P99: Optimization problems in solid mechanics

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