Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
Optimization hinders evolution!
ME256 Variational methods and structural optimization Jan.-May, 2013
Instructor: G. K. Ananthasuresh, Room 106, ME Building, suresh at mecheng.iisc.ernet.in
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Homework #5
Assigned: Feb. 26, 2013
Due: Mar. 5th, 2013
Points: 40
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".

  1. 20 points
    A circular object of radius 5 is located at the origin. Fine the path of least distance from (-10, 3) to (6,4) that does not cut through the object.
  2. 20 points
    Write the necessary conditions including boundary conditions for the following problem.