Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Manfred Curbach

Foreword by Werner Sobek

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

1 INTRODUCTION

2 FUNDAMENTALS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN

2.1 Basic Principles

2.2. Verification Concept

2.3 Safety Concept

2.4 Materials

2.5 Load-bearing Behavior

3 FUNDAMENTALS OF STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION

3.1 Structural Optimization Approaches

3.2 Problem Statement

3.3 Lagrange Function

3.4 Sensitivity Analysis

3.5 Solution Methods

4 IDENTIFICATION OF STRUCTURES

4.1 One-material Structures

4.2 One-material Stress-biased Structures

4.3 Bi-material Structures

4.4 Examples

4.5 Applications

5 INTERNAL FORCE FLOW

5.1 Preliminaries

5.2 Continuum Topology Optimization (CTO) Approach

5.3 Truss Topology Optimization (TTO) Approach

5.4 Continuum-Truss Topology Optimization (CTTO) Approach

5.5 Examples

5.6 Applications

6 DESIGN OF CROSS-SECTIONS

6.1 Problem Statement

6.2 Equilibrium Iteration

6.3 Sectional Optimization

6.4 Solving

6.5 Parameterization

6.6 Examples

BIBLIOGRAPHY

LIST OF EXAMPLES

Variation of volume fraction

Variation of the filter radius

Variation of material parameters

Form finding of bridge pylons 1

Form finding of bridge pylons 2

Conceptual bridge design 1

Conceptual bridge design 2

Multi-span girder

Multiple load cases

Two load cases

Material steering

Material variation in bi-material design

Filter radius with bi-material design

Bi-material multi-span girder

Bi-material girder with stepped support

Bi-material arch bridge

Deep beam 1

Wall with block-outs

Corbel

Cantilever beam

Shear transfer at joints

Deep beam 2

Frame corner

Wall with eccentric block-out

Corbel with horizontal force

Stiening core with openings

Deep beam 3

Deep beam 4

Deep beam 5

Strain plane of an unsymmetric RC section

Footing with gapping joint

Parameterized T-section

Parameterized uniaxial bending

Shape design of a RC I-section

Shape optimization of a footing