Exact truss topology optimization: allowance for support costs and different permissible stresses in tension and compression -- extensions of a classical solution by Michell

DOI10.1007/s00158-011-0736-6zbMath1274.74387MaRDI QIDQ381730

George I. N. Rozvany, Tomasz Sokół

Publication date: 15 November 2013

Published in: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-011-0736-6

zbMATH Keywords

trusses; topology optimization; Michell structures; stress-based design; support costs

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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Uses Software

• Mathematica

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