Prager's layout theory: a nonnumerical computer method for generating optimal structural configurations and weight-influence surfaces

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(85)90056-8zbMATH Open0544.73115OpenAlexW2079078743MaRDI QIDQ797041FDOQ797041

Authors: R. D. Hill, G. I. N. Rozvany 

Publication date: 1985

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(85)90056-8

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zbMATH Keywords

minimum weightcomputer algorithmgenerating analytically the optimal layoutleast-weight grillagesPrager's layout theoryspace framesweight-influence surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P99) Numerical and other methods in solid mechanics (74S99)

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• Optimal layout of long-span truss-grids. I
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• On plane Prager-structures. I

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