Layout optimization of large‐scale pin‐jointed frames

DOI10.1108/02644400310503017zbMath1063.74529OpenAlexW1976141779MaRDI QIDQ4655785

Matthew Gilbert, Andrew Tyas

Publication date: 8 March 2005

Published in: Engineering Computations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/02644400310503017

zbMATH Keywords

linear programmingstructural analysisiterative member adding method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P15)

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Cites Work

• A new polynomial-time algorithm for linear programming
• Decomposition in optimal plastic design of structures
• Joints in optimum frameworks
• The Cutting-Plane Method for Solving Convex Programs

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