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<a name = "hj-top"> </a><table class = "table1" id = "table11"><tr><td><table class = "DocHeader"><tr><td class = "DocHeader1" colspan = "2"><h1>The Optimization Task</h1></td></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader4" colspan = "2"/></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader3" colspan = "2"><table class = "DocThemeIntro" id = "table12"><tr><td class = "Intro1"><p class = "header"><p class = "abstract">
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<span class = "ph">Tosca Structure.bead</span>
is a module that automatically determines the optimum bead location
and orientation for arbitrary shell structures. For this task, <span class = "ph">Tosca Structure</span>
provides two algorithms: The controller-based bead optimization (BEAD_CONTROLLER)
and the sensitivity-based bead optimization (BEAD_SENSITIVITY).</span>

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</p><hr class = "header"/></td></tr><tr><td class = "Intro2"><span class = "run-in">In this section:</span><br/><ul class = "ulthemes"><li><a title = "The optimality criteria used in the controller-based bead optimization method is described in this chapter." href = "tso-c-usr-beadOptTask-ctrlBead.htm">Controller-Based Bead Optimization</a></li><li><a title = "The bead optimization method that is based on gradient information is described in this chapter." href = "tso-c-usr-beadOptTask-sensBead.htm">Sensitivity-Based Bead Optimization</a></li><li><a title = "The user might choose between two bead optimization algorithms in Tosca Structure.bead. The algorithms have different ways to find the solution and their differences will be discussed in this chapter." href = "tso-c-usr-beadOptTask-diffBeadOptAlgos.htm">Differences between Bead Optimization Algorithms</a></li><li><a title = "The creation of a bead optimization setup using the Tosca Structure.gui (GUI) is described." href = "tso-c-usr-beadOptTask-createOptModel.htm">How to Create the Optimization Model</a></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>




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