Mest 16888 Size Optimization ES077 Simplest method Changes dimension of the component and cross sections Applied to the design of truss structures Schmit(1960) General approach to structural optimization Coupling FEA&NL math Programming A Changed Length of the members Thickness of the members Unchanged Layout of the structure Ndv:10~100 o Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Dr Il Yong Kim9 © Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Dr. Il Yong Kim Size Optimization Schmit (1960) - General approach to structural optimization - Coupling FEA & NL math. Programming - Simplest method - Changes dimension of the component and cross sections - Applied to the design of truss structures - Length of the members - Thickness of the members - Layout of the structure * Unchanged * Changed Ndv: 10~100