《C2 optimal plastic design of beams with freely variable cross-section dimensions》.pdfVIP

CHAPTER TWO Optimal Plastic Design of Beams with Freely Variable Cross-Sectional Dimensions 2.1 GENERAL CONCEPTS Out of all structural components, beams are probably the most suitable for demonstrating various methods of optimization. On the one hand, beams are very simple systems which are idealized as one-dimensional continua, and thus the general principles involved are not obscured by computational complexities; on the other hand, most design problems can be demonstrated on beams because thes