This thesis presents the development and results of an iterative method for obtaining a minimum weight structural design, called an optimum design. The optimum design iteration is based on a sequence of fully stressed designs, each intermediate design possessing a distinct set of allowable stresses that force the desirable design changes to occur. The test for the optimum state is based on the Kuhn-Tucker conditions, where negative Lagrange multipliers in the set identify element parameters that can be changed to produce a lighter weight structure. Five case studies are presented to demonstrate the algorithm. / M.S.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/87636 |
| Date | January 1984 |
| Creators | Raze, James D. |
| Contributors | Civil Engineering |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | vi, 153 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 11704695 |
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