Michell cantilevers constructed within trapezoidal domains-Part I: Geometry of Hencky nets

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 347-368

  Graczykowski, C ^a   Lewinski T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hencky nets; Michell structures; Minimum weight design; Topology optimization; Trusses

Indexed keywords

LOADS (FORCES); OPTIMIZATION; TENSILE STRESS; TOPOLOGY; TRUSSES;

HENCKY NETS; MICHELL STRUCTURES; OPTIMAL CANTILEVERS; WEIGHT DESIGN;

CANTILEVER BEAMS;

EID: 33749254970     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-005-0599-9     Document Type: Article

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