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

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(85)90056-8zbMath0544.73115OpenAlexW2079078743MaRDI QIDQ797041

Robin D. Hill, George 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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