Abstract: Through the use of active controllers, a structure can modify its behavior during dynamic loadings such as impact, wind, or earthquake loadings. Such structures with self-modification capabilities are called smart structures. ...

Abstract: Minimum weight design of steel moment-resisting space frame structures with or without bracing subjected to the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) specification is ...

Abstract: An object‐oriented finite element modeling approach is presented for solution of complex engineering systems. For efficient processing of a myriad of data types generated in such analyses an object‐oriented enhanced entity ...

Abstract: Robust and efficient parallel-vector algorithms are presented for the solution of the Riccati equations encountered in optimal control problems on shared-memory multiprocessor machines. The algorithms have been implemented ...

Abstract: In a recent article, the authors presented the formulation and outline of parallel algorithms for the integrated structural/control optimization problem. The solutions of the Riccati equation, open-loop system of equations, ...

Abstract: Various multitasking approaches are investigated for optimization of large space structures. Judicious combination of microtasking, macrotasking, and autotasking is explored with the goal of achieving a vectorized and ...

Abstract: In analysis of large space structures, the major computational steps are evaluation and assembly of the structure stiffness matrix and solution of the resulting simultaneous linear equations. In this paper we present ...

Abstract: Optimization of combined structural and control systems is a complex problem requiring an inordinate amount of computer‐processing time, especially the solution of the eigenvalue problem of a general unsymmetric square ...

Abstract: A method is presented for performing practical layout optimization of trusses subjected to arbitrary multiple‐loading conditions using interactive computer graphics. Design constraints are allowable tensile and compressive ...

Abstract: An interactive menu‐driven MICROCAD system, called FRAMELRFD, has been developed for the design of moment‐resisting multistory steel frames according to the recently developed LRFD specification. An efficient search routine ...