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A cubic extended interior penalty function for structural optimization
Author(s) -
Prasad B.,
Haftka R. T.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/nme.1620140802
Subject(s) - hessian matrix , penalty method , minification , mathematics , mathematical optimization , sequence (biology) , matrix (chemical analysis) , hessian equation , function (biology) , mathematical analysis , materials science , genetics , composite material , biology , evolutionary biology , first order partial differential equation , partial differential equation
This paper describes an optimization procedure for the minimum weight design of complex structures. The procedure is based on a new cubic extended interior penalty function (CEIPF) used with the sequence of unconstrained minimization technique (SUMT) and Newton's method. The Hessian matrix of the penalty function is approximated using only constraints and their derivatives. The CEIPF is designed to minimize the error in the approximation of the Hessian matrix, and as a result the number of structural analyses required is small and independent of the number of design variables. Three example problems are reported. The number of structural analyses is reduced by as much as 50 per cent below previously reported results.