Optimal design of multi-purpose structures |
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Authors: | B. L. Karihaloo |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
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Abstract: | The paper presents the optimal (maximum transverse stiffness) design of an elastic, simply supported member of given volume that is to serve as a beam or as a column at different times during its design life. The optimal design can be interpreted in two ways. It is the design that has the maximum Euler buckling load in column action, subject to a prescribed maximum deflection in beam action under a uniformly distributed load; it is also the design that has the least deflection at midspan under a uniformly distributed load, subject to a lower limit on its buckling load in column action. The effectiveness of the optimal design is judged by comparing it with a prismatic bar of the same volume.The author is grateful to Professor W. Prager for suggesting several improvements to an earlier version of the paper. |
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Keywords: | Maximum transverse stiffness design multi-purpose beams columns uniformly distributed loads multi-purpose structures structural optimization |
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