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A Procedure for Automated Minimum Weight Structural Design: Part II: Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

Ronald A. Gellatly and
Richard H. Gallagher
Ronald A. Gellatly
Affiliation:
Textron’s Bell Aerosystems Company, New York
Richard H. Gallagher
Affiliation:
Textron’s Bell Aerosystems Company, New York
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Summary

This paper presents the application to a number of structural design problems of a procedure for determining minimum weight member sizes. Included are examples of trussed and stiffened plate structures and experience with computational times for a wide range of problem sizes.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , November 1966, pp. 332 - 342
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1966

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