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 #8
Assigned: Mar. 29th, 2018
Due: Apr. 5th, 2018
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".
Write truss topology optimization code using the ground-structure approach. You should submit a write-up and code (by email) with typical results. Your Matlab code should work for any boundary conditions and loading. The files you need are in the notes page.