Rigid-Plastic Minimum Weight Plane Frame Design Using Hot Rolled Shapes,

Abstract

Conventional minimum weight structural design methods generally assume that a continuous spectra of shapes are available; however, actual sections consist of a finite set of discrete sizes. By utilizing discrete programming techniques, it is possible to develop design methods which work directly with the properties of the available sections. A design approach based on the static theorem of plastic analysis is formulated herein. The resulting optimization problem is a mixed integer type. Alternatively, a pure integer linear optimization problem results when the kinematic theorem is used to formulate the problem.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADP000079

Entities

People

  • R. C. Johnson

Organizations

  • Auburn University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Continuous Spectra
  • Diffraction
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Optimization
  • Spectra
  • Wave Phenomena

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Structural Dynamics.