Course Catalog 2006-2007

TME-3406 STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION, 6 cr
Structural Optimization

Courses persons responsible
Juhani Koski

Lecturers
Juhani Koski

Language of Instruction
Exercises, course literature and exam in English available.

Implementations
Person responsible: Juhani Koski
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - 4 h/week 4 h/week 2 h/week -
Exercise - - 2 h/week 2 h/week 2 h/week -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Different formulations of structural optimization problems. Linear programming in plasticity. Unconstrained nonlinear programming problem. Basic algorithms for the numerical solution of the optimization problem. Kuhn-Tucker conditions and general sensitivity analysis. Approximations. Discrete and global optimization. Sensitivity computations based on FEM. Shape optimization. Dual theory. Optimality criteria methods. Decomposition of large problems. Multicriterion optimization. Computer packages for FEM-based structural optimization.       

Requirements for completing the course
Exercises, team work and a written examination.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Passed written examination or written intermediate examinations and accepted exercises.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Book Elements of Structural Optimization R., T., Haftka and Z., Gurdal     Kluwer, 1992 Yes  English 
    Book Optimum Structural Design U., Kirsch     Springer-Verlag, 1993 No  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TME-1300 TME-1300 Strength of Materials 5 Recommendable
    TME-2300 TME-2300 Finite Element Method 6 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 47 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 53 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 90
    Exercises 30
    Assignments 39
    Total sum 159

    Correspondence of content
    TME-3400 Structural Optimization

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    Last modified 20.04.2006
    Modified byTapio Salmi