MEC552

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General mathematical model of optimum design problems; formulation of optimal design mechanical problems, Graphical optimization; Review of calculus concepts: gradient vector, Hessian matrix and quadratic forms; unconstrained and constrained problems, inequality constraints and Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions; linear programming methods for optimum design; steepest descent method, search and quasi-Newton methods, finite element formulation for optimal design problems, optimal design of mechanical dynamic systems, design sensitivity analysis; introduction to genetic algorithms and particle-swarm techniques; applications.

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