“Mechanics of Optimal Structural Design” by David W.A. Rees is a comprehensive guide on structural design optimization. The book provides a clear and concise approach to designing structures with minimum weight, while taking into account various loading conditions and new topics not previously considered in the least-weight field. The author addresses the gap in formal structural design education, describing analytical techniques and computational techniques necessary to apply them.
The book is suitable for both students and professionals in the field of structural engineering who wish to optimize the weight of their designs. It provides a methodology to achieve minimum weight for a wide range of structures, including roads, airplanes, and more.
David Rees’ approach is original and innovative, bringing the concept of weight optimization into the structural design literature. The book is a valuable resource for engineers and researchers in this area, as well as for those in related fields such as civil engineering, aerospace engineering, and materials science.
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Электронная Книга «Mechanics of Optimal Structural Design» написана автором David W. A. Rees в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780470747810
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In a global climate where engineers are increasingly under pressure to make the most of limited resources, there are huge potential financial and environmental benefits to be gained by designing for minimum weight. With Mechanics of Optimal Structural Design, David Rees brings the original approach of weight optimization to the existing structural design literature, providing a methodology for attaining minimum weight of a range of structures under their working loads. He addresses the current gap in education between formal structural design teaching at undergraduate level and the practical application of this knowledge in industry, describing the analytical techniques that students need to understand before applying computational techniques that can be easy to misuse without this grounding. Shows engineers how to approach structural design for minimum weight in clear, concise terms Contains many new least-weight design techniques, taking into consideration different manners of loading and including new topics that have not previously been considered within the least-weight theme Considers the demands for least-weight road, air and space vehicles for the future Enhanced by illustrative worked examples to enlighten the theory, exercises at the end of each chapter that enable application of the theory covered, and an accompanying website with worked examples and solutions housed at www.wiley.com/go/rees The least-weight analyses of basic structural elements ensure a spread of interest with many applications in mechanical, civil, aircraft and automobile engineering. Consequently, this book fills the gap between the basic material taught at undergraduate level and other approaches to optimum design, for example computer simulations and the finite element method.
