Abstract: This paper presents a state of the art review of mathematical programming methods used in the design of skeletal elastic structures in which the possibility of altering the shape, position or layout of the members is ...

Abstract: A design procedure for optimizing structural topologies is presented. The member sizes are the design variables and the constraints are related to stresses, displacements, and bounds on the variables. The proposed procedure ...

Abstract: In this paper it is shown that the current methods of graph representation used for finite-element mesh partitioning are inappropriate for tall buildings, where the mesh will generally consist of both one and two dimensional ...

Abstract: This paper presents research on the use of homogeneous parallel and heterogeneous distributed computers for finite-element analysis of transient dynamic problems using a message passing interface. The appropriate computer ...

Abstract: The methods of static reanalysis of structures are reviewed and an update on the review written by Arora in 1976 is provided. With the advent of even less expensive computing and the introduction of optimization techniques ...