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Optimizing structures subject to multiple deflection constraints and load cases using the principle of virtual work / Richard Walls in Journal of structural engineering, Vol. 136 N° 11 (Novembre 2010)
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Titre : Optimizing structures subject to multiple deflection constraints and load cases using the principle of virtual work Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Richard Walls, Auteur ; Alex Elvin, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 1444-1452 Note générale : Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Virtual work optimization method Automated member selection Discrete sections Design Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : This paper presents an iterative automated method for optimizing structures with multiple deflection criteria and load cases. The method is based on the principle of virtual work. Discrete sections are selected for structures with fixed geometries. An optimal structure is one which meets all strength and deflection criteria using minimal material. Four case studies are considered in this paper. A simple portal frame is presented to show how the method works. A 60-story frame is optimized to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method for large structures. A warehouse designed by professional engineers is presented to show how the method can be used for structures subjected to complex loading conditions and deflection criteria. The automated method’s solution is 4.5% lighter than the engineers’. Finally, a stepped cantilever is optimized and compared to results in literature. Material savings of up to 14.4% are realized.
DEWEY : 624.17 ISSN : 0733-9445 En ligne : http://ascelibrary.org/sto/resource/1/jsendh/v136/i11/p1444_s1?isAuthorized=no
in Journal of structural engineering > Vol. 136 N° 11 (Novembre 2010) . - pp. 1444-1452[article] Optimizing structures subject to multiple deflection constraints and load cases using the principle of virtual work [texte imprimé] / Richard Walls, Auteur ; Alex Elvin, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 1444-1452.
Génie Civil
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal of structural engineering > Vol. 136 N° 11 (Novembre 2010) . - pp. 1444-1452
Mots-clés : Virtual work optimization method Automated member selection Discrete sections Design Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : This paper presents an iterative automated method for optimizing structures with multiple deflection criteria and load cases. The method is based on the principle of virtual work. Discrete sections are selected for structures with fixed geometries. An optimal structure is one which meets all strength and deflection criteria using minimal material. Four case studies are considered in this paper. A simple portal frame is presented to show how the method works. A 60-story frame is optimized to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method for large structures. A warehouse designed by professional engineers is presented to show how the method can be used for structures subjected to complex loading conditions and deflection criteria. The automated method’s solution is 4.5% lighter than the engineers’. Finally, a stepped cantilever is optimized and compared to results in literature. Material savings of up to 14.4% are realized.
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