Load-path optimisation of funicular networks

DOI10.1007/s11012-017-0714-1zbMath1390.74159OpenAlexW2725589247MaRDI QIDQ1750115

Xianqiang Yang

Publication date: 18 May 2018

Published in: Meccanica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115246

zbMATH Keywords

structural optimisationload-path optimisationminimum volume problemthrust network analysisthrust network topology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P15)

Uses Software

• SciPy
• NumPy

Cites Work

• A thrust network approach to the equilibrium problem of unreinforced masonry vaults via polyhedral stress functions
• Matrix differential calculus with applications to simple, Hadamard, and Kronecker products
• Differential evolution -- a simple and efficient heuristic for global optimization over continuous spaces
• Funicular analysis of masonry vaults

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