A brief review of the structural optimization literature and a description of the present status
of optimization methods are presented. The scope of the review is limited and does not …

We present a feasible directions algorithm, based on Lagrangian concepts, for the solution
of the nonlinear programming problem with equality and inequality constraints. At each …

An exact-penalty-function-based scheme---inspired from an old idea due to Mayne and
Polak [Math. Program., 11 (1976), pp. 67--80]---is proposed for extending to general smooth …

A review of methods to compute the lower-frequency modes within a medium-to large-
capacity computer design program indicates advantages for the simultaneous iteration …

An algorithm for linear programming (LP) and convex quadratic programming (CQP) is
proposed, based on an interior point iteration introduced more than ten years ago by J …

It is observed that modern optimal design of structures represents a confluence of two
streams of theoretical development: Matric finite element approximation on the digital …

Procedures and solution strategies to solye the conventional structural optimization problem
using the Lagrange multiplier technique are described. The multipliers, obtained through …

Presented in this paper is a procedure, based on optimality criterion methods, for the
minimum weight design of structures subjected to stress, displacement and natural …

It is observed that an algorithm proposed in the 1980s for the solution of nonconvex
constrained optimization problems is in fact a primal-dual logarithmic barrier interior-point …

PARS (Programs for Analysis and Resizing of Structures) is a software system for the
automated design of structures modeled by finite elements. The system is designed to work …