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Structural Design and Analysis.- to Structural Design.- Variational Methods of Structural Systems.- Variational Equations and Finite Element Methods.- Design Sensitivity Analysis of Linear Structural Systems.- Discrete Design Sensitivity Analysis.- Continuum Sizing Design Sensitivity Analysis.- Continuum Shape Design Sensitivity Analysis.- Configuration Design Sensitivity Analysis.

<P>K. K. Choi is a Carver Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Iowa. He teaches in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and the Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences departments, and is a researcher in the Center for Computer-Aided Design. He has authored numerous publications and has twice won the ASME Best Paper Award. </P>
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<P>N. H. Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida. His research area is in structural design optimization, design sensitivity analysis, nonlinear structural mechanics, structural-acoustics, and the mesh-free method.</P>
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<P>Both authors are members of several industry organizations including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association and the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. </P>

<P>Structural design sensitivity analysis concerns the relationship between design variables available to the design engineer and structural responses determined by the laws of mechanics. The dependence of response measures such as displacement, stress, strain, natural frequency, buckling load, acoustic response, frequency response, noise-vibration-harshness (NVH), thermo-elastic response, and fatigue life on the material property, sizing, component shape, and configuration design variables is defined through the energy principles (governing equations) of structural mechanics. In this 2-volume set, first- and second- order design sensitivity analyses are presented for static and dynamics responses of both linear and nonlinear elastic structural systems, including elasto-plastic and frictional contact problems.</P>
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<P>Book I <EM>Linear Systems</EM> introduces structural design concepts that include the CAD-based design model, design parameterization, performance measures, costs, and constraints. It also discusses design sensitivity analysis of linear structural systems, and discrete and continuum design sensitivity analysis methods.</P>
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<P>About the Authors:</P>
<P>K.K. Choi is a Carver Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Iowa.&nbsp; He teaches in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, and is a researcher in the Center for Computer Aided Design.&nbsp; His research area is in mechanical system analysis, design sensitivity analysis, and reliability based design optimization.&nbsp; He has authored numerous publications and has twice won the ASME Best Paper Award.&nbsp; He is an associate editor for four national and international journals, a fellow of ASME, and associate fellow of AIAA.</P>
<P>N.H. Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Florida.&nbsp; His research area is in structural design optimization, design sensitivity analysis, nonlinear structural mechanics, structural-acoustics, and mesh-free method.</P>
<P>Both authors are members of several professional societies including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, and Society of Automotive Engineering.</P>

Extensive numerical methods for computing design sensitivity are included in the text for practical application and software development The numerical method allows integration of CAD-FEA-DSA software tools, so that design optimization can be carried out using CAD geometric models instead of FEA models This capability allows integration of CAD-CAE-CAM so that optimized designs can be manufactured effectively

<P>In this 2-volume set, first- and second-order design sensitivity analyses are presented for static and dynamic responses of both linear and nonlinear elastic structural systems, including elasto-plastic and frictional contact problems.&nbsp; The premise of the text is that a comprehensive theory of structural design sensitivity analysis for linear&nbsp;and nonlinear structures can be treated in a unified way.&nbsp;&nbsp;The objective is to provide a complete treatment of the theory and practical numerical methods of structural design sensitivity analysis.&nbsp; </P>
<P>The text presents design sensitivity analysis theory and numerical implementation to create advanced design methodologies for mechanical systems and structural components, which will permit economical designs that are strong, stable, reliable, and have long life service.&nbsp; The design methodologies can be used by design engineers in the university, industry, and government to obtain optimal structural designs for ground vehicles, aricraft, space systems, ships, heavy equipment, machinery, biomedical devices, etc.&nbsp; Extensive numerical methods for computing design sensitivity are included in the text for practical application and software development.&nbsp; The numerical method allows seamless integration of CAD-FEA-DSA software tools, so that design optimization can be carried out using CAD geometric models instead of FEA models.&nbsp; This capaibility allows integration of CAD-CAE-CAM so that optimized designs can be manufactured effectively.</P>
<P>Book&nbsp;I&nbsp;&nbsp;introduces structural design concepts that include the CAD-based design model, design parameterization, performance measures, costs, and constraints.&nbsp; It also discusses design sensitivity analysis of linear structural systems,&nbsp;and discrete and continuum design sensitivity analysis methods.</P>