UNIVERSITY OF KERALA - College of Engineering, Trivandrum

08.807.7 Elective-V OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES IN
ENGINEERING
L T P/D Cr
3 0 0 3
Module I
General Optimisation procedures - and features of mathematical programming as applicable to Civil engineering
problems. Unconstrained and constrained optimization problems - Formulation of objective function and
constraints.
Module II
Non- Linear Programming problems – one dimensional minimisation. Unconstrained optimization Techniques
Direct search method. Random search Univariate pattern search. Descent methods. Fletcher & Reeves method.
Quasi Newton methods Constrained optimization Techniques method of feasible directions Penalty function
Module III
Linear Programming - Simplex method standard form - Simplex algorithm - Two phase solution by simplex
method - Duality of linear programming Formulation of geometric programming - Dynamic programming and
integer programming problems-Minimum weight design of trusses and frames.
References:
1. Optimisation methods in Engineering Design, R.L. Fox Addison Wesely.
2. Optimisation Theory and applications , S.S. Rao ,Wiley Eastern.
3. Optimisation concepts and Applications Engineering, Belegundu.
4. Civil Engineering Systems, Andrew B Templeman.
Question Paper:
Duration: 3 hours
The question paper consists of Part A and Part B. Part A is for 40 marks. There will be 8 compulsory short
answer questions of 5 marks each covering entire syllabus.
Part B is for 60 marks. There will be two questions from each module. The candidate has to answer one question
of 20 marks from each module.
Note: No charts, tables, codes are permitted in the Examination hall .If necessary relevant data shall be given
along with the question paper by the question paper setter.
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