Engineering Design and Optimal Design of Complex Mechanical Systems: Definitions

The following chapter provides the lexicon used throughout the whole book. In the field of optimisation, a number of expressions (locutions) are used that refer to parameters, minimisation, maximisation, etc. The precise meaning of such expressions (locut

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Optimal Lightweight Construction Principles

Optimal Lightweight Construction Principles

Federico Maria Ballo Massimiliano Gobbi Giampiero Mastinu Giorgio Previati •



Optimal Lightweight Construction Principles

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Federico Maria Ballo Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy

Massimiliano Gobbi Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy

Giampiero Mastinu Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy

Giorgio Previati Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy

ISBN 978-3-030-60834-7 ISBN 978-3-030-60835-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60835-4

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To my love Giorgia and to my family Federico To Marta and Riccardo Massimiliano To Leda and Elisabetta Giampiero To Barbara, Davide and Fabio Giorgio

Foreword

In the long time of working with students and young practising mechanical engineering designers, I have always marvelled at the mastery our young engineers have for using theories and computation methods to analyse quite complex structural problems—provided someone would first define for them free-body diagrams, basic topologies and cross-sectional geometries. There are many excellent texts on structural analysis and optimisation. This book is unique in its focus on how to gain early design insights grounded on sound theory so that you can make those crucial early design decisions on lightweight structures wisely and elegantly. The book offers a deep understanding of how to approach competing design decisions in structural system design using Pareto optimality. The book starts with a review of multicriteria optimisation me

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