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Discrete optimum structural design

Computers & Structures, 1988
Abstract This paper is concerned with some of the difficulties involved in the optimum design of engineering structures using only components which are available in discrete sizes. As an example the optimum design of trusses using rolled steel sections is used to critically examine several different methods and point out the snags in using them in a ...
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Discrete Structural Optimization

Journal of the Structural Division, 1981
A new method for solving discrete structural optimization problems is presented. An interior penalty function is used to convert the original constrained problem into an unconstrained parametric problem. Then the search for the optimal solution to the parametric problem is based on a discrete direction gradient. Solving an appropriate sequence of these
Judith S. Liebman   +2 more
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Discrete and Discretized Structures

2020
This chapter begins by identifying four possible states or situations: continuous systems (state 1) modeled in discrete form (state 2), and naturally discrete systems (state 3) modeled in continuous form (state 4). We refer to state 2 as a discretized state whereas state 4 is referred to as a homogenized state.
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