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Based on: — a rapid design-oriented finite element method for analysis of large complex thin-walled steel structures such as ship hulls, — a comprehensive mathematical model for the evaluation of the capability of such structures, and — analytical expressions for the derivatives of the response and the capability with respect to the governing design variables, the paper presents a procedure for minimizing a linear combination of structural weight and production costs for a number of loading conditions. The large, highly constrained non-linear optimization problem is solved by sequential linear programming.
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Pedersen, P.T., Nielsen, NJ.R. (1987). Structural Optimization of Ship Structures. In: Mota Soares, C.A. (eds) Computer Aided Optimal Design: Structural and Mechanical Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83051-8_27
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