Cutting corners in Michell trusses

DOI10.4171/PM/1907MaRDI QIDQ442578zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Elizabeth Figueroa, Denise Iusco, Rolf Ryham, Adam Hill

Publication date 2 August 2012

Published in Portugaliae Mathematica. Nova Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4171/PM/1907

zbMATH Keywords

Michell trussestopological perturbationtopology optimization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Integration theory via linear functionals (Radon measures, Daniell integrals, etc.), representing set functions and measures (28C05) Optimality conditions for problems involving partial differential equations (49K20) Optimality conditions for solutions belonging to restricted classes (Lipschitz controls, bang-bang controls, etc.) (49K30) Applications of optimal control and differential games (49N90)

Review text

Summary: A corner is defined to be the vertex of a strict cone locally containing the support of a truss and having locally empty intersection with the support of the applied force. A topological perturbation called corner cutting is defined in two dimensions and the process is shown to have a negative effect on the mass of planar trusses, independent of the angle of the corner. Minimal, finite, planar trusses are therefore free of corners. Applied point forces are shown to be balanced by at least one truss, thereby showing that the admissible class is nonempty. Explicit mass and geometric bounds are presented as part of this construction.

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