Modelling and optimisation of the design and topology of flexible frames with rigid joints [Elektronische Ressource] / von Kshitij Kulshreshtha

Modelling and optimisation of the design andtopology of flexible frames with rigid jointsD I S S E R T A T I O Nzur Erlangung des akademischen Gradesdoctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.)im Fach Mathematikeingereicht an derMathematisch-Wissenschaftlichen Fakultät IIHumboldt-Universität zu BerlinvonHerrn Kshitij Kulshreshthageboren am 26. September 1979 in Aligarh, IndienPräsident der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Christoph MarkschiesDekan der Mathematisch-Wissenschaftlichen Fakultät II:Prof. Dr. Peter FrenschGutachter:1. Prof. Dr. Andreas Griewank (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)2. Prof. Dr. Nicolas R. Gauger zu3. Prof. Dr. Mohamed Masmoudi (Université de Toulouse)eingereicht am: 23. Februar 2010Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 8. Oktober 2010-NMRLJ]NM ]X Vb YJ[NW]\$ JWM ]X O[RNWM\`QX QNUYNM VN TNNY Vb Q^VX^[0N`RMVN] JW VNRWN .U]N[W$ ^WM JW /[N^WMNMRN VR[ QJUONW VNRW 1^VX[ c^ KN`JQ[NW2J4J 2A(AuB.(A N 4 , B2žN N <2B.(B Â=N,J 2D!J B9,N*C 0,A 4AeAcknowledgementsI would like to express my deepest thanks all the present and past members ofProf. A. Griewank’s research group at the Humboldt Univesity, most of all him-self, his post-doctoral colleague Dr. S. Körkel and also his students, as well asall the members and students of the DFG Research Training Group “Analysis,Numerics and Optimization of Multiphase Problems”, whose help and cooper-ation was indispensable while I conducted my research.