Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
Optimization hinders evolution!
ME256 Variational Methods and Structural Optimization Jan.-May., 2018
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 #7
Assigned: Mar. 15th, 2018
Due: Mar. 29th, 2018
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. Do bar optimization for the objective and constraints you have chosen as per the discussion in the class. You should submit a write-up and code (by email) with typical results. Your Matlab code should work for any boundary conditions and loading.