Optimal archgrids: allowance for selfweight

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(80)90066-3zbMath0444.73078OpenAlexW2020975416MaRDI QIDQ1145001

B. T. Kuhnell, H. Nakamura, George I. N. Rozvany

Publication date: 1980

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(80)90066-3

zbMATH Keywords

weight minimizationexternal loadsdiscrete formulationoptimal design of archgridsselfweightthree different methodsusing differential calculus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical methods based on nonlinear programming (49M37) Optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P99) Variational principles of physics (49S05)

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