Computer Aided Optimum Design in Engineering

Contents Section 1: Structural optimization Limit spans of cable and arch structures; Optimization of the underground gas storage in different rock environments; Coupled multi-disciplinary methods for structural reliability and affordability; Metamodel-based multi-objective robust design optimization of structures; Simplified structural analysis of steel portal frames developed from structural optimization; Structural optimization of high voltage transmission line towers considering continuum and discrete design variables; Heuristic optimization of short corbels by smeared cracking finite element analysis; Optimal design of full disks with respect to mixed creep rupture time; High performance mortar may help to reduce damages in masonry constructions for seismic areas in Mexico Section 2: Shape and topology optimization Aerodynamic shape optimization of axial flow fan nose cones; Isogeometric shape sensitivity analysis; Free-form optimization of thin-walled structures for achieving a desired deformed shape; A systems approach to shape and topology optimisation of mechanical structures; Optimization of damping unit; Optimization of underground excavation in rock masses using ESO techniques Section 3: Optimization in civil engineering A software with graphical interface for design optimization of prestressed concrete launched bridges; Optimization of thick-walled shells based on solutions of inverse problems of the elastic theory for inhomogeneous bodies; Performance based design of masonry infilled reinforced concrete frames for near-field earthquakes Section 4: Aerospace structures Uncertainty and reliability in aircraft design and optimization; Welding sequence optimization of plasma arc for welded thin structures Section 5: Evolutionary methods in design optimization Application of particle swarm optimization to the item packing problem; On the efficiency of bionic optimisation procedures