ME 465 Optimal Design

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Handouts,  Lectures, Assignments,  and Projects

Syllabus (pdf file)     Policies  (pdf file) 

Lectures

 Assignments

8/25 Lecture 1   8/27 Lecture 2     

8/29 Lecture 3   9/03 Lecture 4  

9/05 Lecture 5  9/10 Lab1(zip)   Instructions 

9/15 Lecure 6    Matlab basics

9/17 Lecture 7    9/19 Lecture 8  

9/22 Lecture 9    9/29 Lecture 10  

10/01 Lecture 11  10/03 Lecture 12 

10/06 Lectures 13-15

10/15 Lecture 16   

10/23 Lecture 17  

10/23  Lecture 18  (Project 2 Introduction) 

10/23 Lecture 19  10/23 Lecture 20    

10/31 Lecture 21   10/31 Lecture 23   

11/05   Lecture 25   

Material on Sensitivity Analysis

Notes   One Page Summary   Suggested Problems  Solution

 

8/25 Read chapters 1 and 2   

8/27 Suggested Problems Chapter 2  1, 2, 4, 16, 19, 20, 22, 24  Solution

9/03 Read Chapter 3. Suggested Problems   3,5,9,23,32,46,47,48,49  Solution  

9/05 Extra credit problem solution  

Quiz 2      SOLUTION (program)  

9/29 Read chapter 4    Suggested problems 

QUIZ 3 is Monday 13 October 

QUIZ 4 is due Monday 10  November  

 

Quiz 5 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3

Projects

Project 1

Problem statement

9 bar example files

basicstructuredata.m

 

 

Project 2 

 Problem statement Handout

Report Cover Page 

Project 3

Description 

Lab 1 

Lab 2- TOSCA Instructions 

ANSYS Tutorial

basicbracket.db 

diaz08_bracket.cdb