Design of framed structures: An integrated non-linear analysis and optimal minimum weight design
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to develop a structural optimization algorithm based on optimality criterion approach to achieve a minimum weight structure that satisfies a set of displacement constraints. Optimal designs are found considering both linear and non-linear behaviour of the structure and compared through an example problem. Many algorithms have been developed to determine the optimal minimum weight design of framed structures under a set of displacement constraints; however, in almost all of them linear analyses are performed. This paper shows how the non-linear analysis will effect the optimal design of a structure. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Publication Title
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Recommended Citation
Pezeshk, S. (1998). Design of framed structures: An integrated non-linear analysis and optimal minimum weight design. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 41 (3), 459-471. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980215)41:3<459::AID-NME293>3.0.CO;2-D
