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Geometric programming for design and cost optimization with illustrative case study problems and solutions /

Geometric programming is used for design and cost optimization and the development of generalized design relationships and cost rations for specific problems. The early pioneers of the process, Zener, Duffin, Peterson, Beightler, and Wilde, played important roles in the development of geometric prog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Creese, Robert C., 1941-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2010.
Series:Synthesis lectures on engineering (Online), # 10.
Subjects:
Geometric programming.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Optimization and geometric programming
  • Optimization
  • Geometric programming
  • Evaluative questions
  • 2. Brief history of geometric programming
  • Pioneers of geometric programming
  • Evaluative questions
  • 3. Theoretical considerations
  • Primal and dual formulation
  • The optimal box design problem
  • Evaluative questions
  • 4. Trash can case study
  • Introduction
  • Problem statement and general solution
  • Evaluative questions
  • 5. Open cargo shipping box case study
  • Problem statement and general solution
  • Evaluative questions
  • 6. Metal casting cylindrical riser case study
  • Introduction
  • Problem formulation and general solution
  • Example problem
  • Evaluative questions
  • 7. Process furnace design case study
  • Problem statement and solution
  • Evaluative questions
  • 8. Gas transmission pipeline case study
  • Problem statement and solution
  • Evaluative questions
  • 9. Journal bearing design case study
  • Introduction
  • Primal and dual formulation of journal bearing design
  • Evaluative questions
  • 10. Metal casting hemispherical top cylindrical side riser case study
  • Introduction
  • Problem formulation
  • Evaluative questions
  • 11. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders case study
  • Introduction
  • Problem formulation
  • Evaluative questions
  • 12. Material removal/metal cutting economics case study
  • Introduction
  • Problem formulation
  • Evaluative questions
  • 13. Summary and future directions
  • Summary
  • Future directions
  • Development of new design relationships
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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