Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore 560 012, India Optimization hinders evolution! ME256
Variational Methods and Structural Optimization
Jan.-May., 2017
Instructor:
G. K.
Ananthasuresh
, Room 106, ME Building,
suresh at
mecheng.iisc.ernet.in
Lectures: Tu, Th: 08:30 AM - 10:00 AM;
Venue: ME MMCR
Homework #4
Assigned: Feb. 10th, 2017
Due: Feb. 16th, 2017
Points: 50 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".
50 points
Given the potential energy expression for a thin plate, derive the boundary conditions for all possible cases of boundary conditions and interpret the terms in physical sense (moment, shear force, etc.).