Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
Optimization hinders evolution!
ME256
Variational methods and structural optimization
Jan.-May, 2011
Instructor: G. K.
Ananthasuresh, Room 106, ME Building, suresh at
mecheng.iisc.ernet.in
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Homework #5
Assigned: Mar. 10th, 2011
Due: Mar. 17th, 2011
Points: 60
Additional points for work that is beyond instructor's expectation!
Look up Homework #1 of 2010 offering of this course and the solution posted there to know what is meant by "beyond instructor's expectation".
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20 points
Boat problem assigned in the class.
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20 points
Beam analysis problem with one end pinned and another pinned to a crank of length r.
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20 points
Minimum surface of revolution problem. Find out under what conditions catenary is not a minimum but the broken extremal is.