Optimum structure to carry a uniform load between pinned supports: exact analytical solution

DOI10.1098/rspa.2010.0376zbMath1219.74037MaRDI QIDQ3088946

Andrew Tyas, Aleksey V. Pichugin, Matthew Gilbert

Publication date: 21 August 2011

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/467/2128/1101

zbMATH Keywords

topology optimization; parabolic arch; hencky net; michell structure; Prager structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74K10: Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.)

74P15: Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics

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