Minimum Mass Structures with Specified Natural Frequencies.

Abstract

The problem of the axial vibration of a cantilever beam is investigated numerically. The mass distribution that minimizes the total mass for a given fundamental frequency constraint is determined using both the sequential ordinary gradient-restoration algorithm (SOGRA) and an ad hoc modification of the modified quasilinearization algorithm (MQA). (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA053727

Entities

People

  • Angelo Miele

Organizations

  • Rice University

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Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Boundaries
  • Cantilever Beams
  • Computations
  • Convergence
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Hamiltonian Functions
  • Integrals
  • Iterations
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Resonant Frequency
  • United States
  • Vibration

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  • Structural Dynamics.