MINIMUM-WEIGHT DESIGN FOR MOVING LOADS

Abstract

The main problem considered and solved is the minimum-weight design of a horizontal I-beam of constant web and variable flange thickness. The beam is simply supported at one end and built in at the other and is designed to with stand (in plastic flow) a concentrated vertical load of fixed intensity moving slowly from one end to the other. To introduce the general techniques employed, a few discrete versions of the problem are first presented and solved as linear- programming problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0411808

Entities

People

  • Oliver A. Gross
  • William Prager

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Bending Moments
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programming
  • Equations
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Inequalities
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematical Models
  • Plastic Flow
  • Space Stations
  • Thickness
  • United States

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  • Operations Research
  • Structural Dynamics.