Form Finding for Compression-only or Tension-only Structures
Auteur(s): |
Ji-Wu Tang
Yi-Min Xie Peter Felicetti |
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Médium: | papier de conférence |
Langue(s): | anglais |
Conférence: | IABSE Symposium: Metropolitan Habitats and Infrastructure, Shanghai, China, 22-24 September 2004 |
Publié dans: | IABSE Symposium Shanghai 2004 |
Page(s): | 330-331 |
Année: | 2004 |
DOI: | 10.2749/222137804796301906 |
Abstrait: | This paper extends the Evolutionary Structural Optimization method to the form finding of structures with compression-only or tension-only elements. A computer code has been developed for 2D and 3D topological structural design using both von Mises and compression/tension stress criteria. Several examples are presented to illustrate the method, which can be applied to the conceptual design of arches, tied arches, cable-stayed and suspension bridges. |