On some simplified models for optimal design of structural systems

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(85)90102-1MaRDI QIDQ793574zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Uri Kirsch

Publication date 1985

Published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7825(85)90102-1

zbMATH Keywords

Approximations along a line in the design variables spaceconstraints are related to stress, displacement and design considerationsdisplacement analysis formulationexplicit behavior modelsinverse design variables formulationslarge structural systemsmembers' cross-sectionsmultiple implicit analysesoptimal designvirtual load method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P99)

Review text

Some simplified models for optimal design of large structural systems are reviewed. The design variables represent the members' cross-sections and the constraints are related to stress, displacement and design considerations. Using displacement analysis formulation, several explicit behavior models which do not involve multiple implicit analyses are presented. It is shown that approximations of the displacements, often used in optimization of large systems, essentially lead to solutions which do not satisfy equilibrium. Approximations along a line in the design variables space are developed, and simplifications based on the virtual load method and inverse design variables formulations are presented. The relationships between the various models are derived: it is shown that, under the usual assumption of linear relationship between the stiffness matrix elements and the design variables, some of the approximations become equivalent.

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