Instability of optimal equilibria in the minimum mass design of uniform shallow arches
DOI10.1007/BF00935226zbMath0501.73091MaRDI QIDQ1172449
Publication date: 1983
Published in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)
local minimum; necessary and sufficient conditions; nonlinear optimal control; example; unstable; optimal equilibrium; minimum mass design; fixed span; arbitrarily loaded uniform shallow arches; critical point condition; differential equations of axial and transverse equilibrium of arch as side conditions; initial curvature and axial load as design variables; mass as criterion; nonunique with one equilibrium unstable and other stable after snap-through; sinusoidally loaded hinged-hinged arch; stability of equilibria becomes integral part of solution; stable after snap-through
49K20: Optimality conditions for problems involving partial differential equations
74G60: Bifurcation and buckling
74K15: Membranes
74P99: Optimization problems in solid mechanics