A heuristic method for the design of minimum weight trusses using discrete member sizes

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(83)90140-8MaRDI QIDQ1165072zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. F. Yates, A. B. Templeman, T. B. Boffey

Publication date 1983

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(83)90140-8

zbMATH Keywords

a priori and a posteriori boundapproximate solutionconstraints on joint deflectionconstraints on member stress and gaugediscrete set of commercially available member gaugesheuristic methodminimum weight designstructural trusssufficient condition for convergence to global optimum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical optimization and variational techniques (65K10) Optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P99)

Cites work

• Fast Approximation Algorithms for the Knapsack and Sum of Subset Problems
• The complexity of procedures for determining minimum weight trusses with discrete member sizes

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(2)

• Topology optimization of adaptive structures: new limits of material economy
• Localization of multi-constrained optima and avoidance of local optima in structural optimization problems

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