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Zafer Gürdal
Physical Nature:
Mathematical Nature:
DESIGN VARIABLES, SELECTION CRITERIA
• May not be unique
• Dependence
• Number
OBJECTIVE FUNCTION
• Measure of goodness of the system that is being designed
• To be Maximized or Minimized
Physical nature: Cost, Profit, Weight, Comfort, Deformations, Stresses
Notation:
• Single valued, single variable
y y
x y
x x
• y = f(x) or f = f(x,y)
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