THE procedure usually adopted for the design of a redundant structure is to assume some initial distribution of material and then to stress this by strain energy methods. From the knowledge of the load distribution thus acquired a second structure is designed and stressed and the process is repeated, if necessary, until a reasonably uniform stress is obtained.
The Design of Redundant Structures for Minimum Weight
A Non-Iterative Method with Simplified Arithmetical Work and its Application to the Design of a Circular Frame
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 21 , 5 ; 162-163
1949-05-01
2 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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