LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN; 2. LIMIT DESIGN

Abstract

'Limit Design' guides the structural engineer towards an economic design of structures that are made of ductile materials and have to carry specified loads. From the mathematical point of view, the problem can be reduced to one in linear programming, but even simple structures may lead to linear programming problems of considerable size. A method of solution is discussed that was found efficient for structures of moderate complexity. A sketch of the historical development of limit analysis and design is given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 11, 1957
Accession Number
AD0606446

Entities

People

  • William Prager

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bending Moments
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Coefficients
  • Collapse
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Displacement
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Inequalities
  • Linear Programming
  • Nonlinear Programming
  • Payload
  • Rotation
  • Structural Analysis
  • Tensile Stress

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Structural Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design