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4.451 Computational Structural Design and Optimization

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(Subject meets with 1.575[J], 4.450[J])
Prereq: ((1.000 or (6.0001 and 6.0002)) and (1.050, 2.001, or 4.440)) or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
http://architecture.mit.edu/subject/fall-2019-4450
Lecture: M2-5 (3-133) +final

Research seminar focusing on emerging applications of computation for creative, early-stage structural design and optimization for architecture. Incorporates computational design fundamentals, including problem parameterization and formulation; design space exploration strategies, including interactive, heuristic, and gradient-based optimization; and computational structural analysis methods, including the finite element method, graphic statics, and approximation techniques. Programing experience and familiarity with structural mechanics necessary. Additional work required of students taking for graduate credit. Limited to 30.
C. Mueller
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