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

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(85)90056-8MaRDI QIDQ797041zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

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

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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