Introduction to Optimum Design - Softcover

Jasbir S. Arora

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071001239 ISBN 13: 9780071001236

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions), 1989

Synopsis

Contents: 1. Introduction to Design 2. Optimum Design Problem Formulation 3. Optimum Design Concepts 4. Linear Programming Methods for Optimum Design 5. Numerical Methods for Unconstrained Optimum 6. Numerical Methods for Constrained Optimum Design 7. Interactive Design Optimization 8. Practical Design Optimization

About this title

Book Description

Engineering students and practitioners studying optimization and mechanical engineering design.

About the Author

Jasbir Singh Arora is an F. Wendell Miller Professor of Engineering, a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Iowa. He obtained his PhD in Mechanics and Hydraulics from the University of Iowa. Dr. Arora is the Associate Director of the Center for Computer Aided Design. He is a Senior Advisor for the International Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization and he is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a Senior Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Arora is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of optimization and his book Introduction to Optimum Design, 3rd Edition (Academic Press, 2012, 978-0-12-381375-6) is used worldwide. Jasbir Singh Arora is an F. Wendell Miller Professor of Engineering, a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Iowa. He obtained his PhD in Mechanics and Hydraulics from the University of Iowa. Dr. Arora is the Associate Director of the Center for Computer Aided Design. He is a Senior Advisor for the International Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization and he is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a Senior Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Arora is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of optimization and his book Introduction to Optimum Design, 3rd Edition (Academic Press, 2012, 978-0-12-381375-6) is used worldwide.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions)
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071001239
• ISBN 13: 9780071001236
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 656