Optimization and anti-optimization of structures under uncertainty
General Material Designation
[electronic resources]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Isaac Elishakoff, Makoto Ohsaki
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
; Hackensack, NJ.
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Distributed by World Scientific
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxii, 402 p.
Other Physical Details
: ill. , Tables
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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e
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-385) and indexes.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The volume presents a collaboration between internationally recognized experts on anti-optimization and structural optimization, and summarizes various novel ideas, methodologies and results studied over 20 years. The book vividly demonstrates how the concept of uncertainty should be incorporated in a rigorous manner during the process of designing real-world structures. The necessity of anti-optimization approach is first demonstrated, then the anti-optimization techniques are applied to static, dynamic and buckling problems, thus covering the broadest possible set of applications. Finally, anti-optimization is fully utilized by a combination of structural optimization to produce the optimal design considering the worst-case scenario. This is currently the only book that covers the combination of optimization and anti-optimization. It shows how various optimization techniques are used in the novel anti-optimization technique, and how the structural optimization can be exponentially enhanced by incorporating the concept of worst-case scenario, thereby increasing the safety of the structures designed in various fields of engineering.