Accession Number:

ADP000088

Title:

Interactive Optimal Design of Dynamically Loaded Structures Using the OPTNSR Software System,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY DEPT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Balling,R.
• Bhatti,M. A.
• Ciampi,V.
• Pister,K. S.

Report Date:

1981-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

Some typcial applications of optimization techniques to the design of nonlinear structures subjected to dynamic loadings ae presented. The applications are based on the use of the interactive software system OPTNSR, described in a companion paper.

Descriptors:

• *Computer programs
• *Computer aided design
• *Structural engineering
• *Structural mechanics
• Structural analysis
• Structural response
• Nonlinear systems
• Optimization
• Dynamic loads
• Interactions

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE