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A Procedure for Automated Minimum Weight Structural Design: Part I: Theoretical Basis

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 an approach to the determination of structural member sizes to provide minimum weight under a number of load conditions consistent with specified limitations on stress and displacement. The procedure amalgamates the disciplines of matrix displacement analysis and operations research into a scheme suitable for automatic digital computation.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , August 1966 , pp. 216 - 230
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1966

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