Object-oriented structural and geometric analysis methods for truss structures are proposed. The methods are based on the iterative relaxation of nodal unbalanced forces by moving the nodes. The entities appeared in truss analysis are modelled as classes, and their class hierarchy is established. The knowledge about a truss node, a truss member, a material and a sectional shape of the member are exceed and constructed as a knowledge base in an object-oriented manner. The object-oriented structural analysis is found to be valid for material and geometric nonlinearities, and the object-oriented geometric analysis where a kinematic problem is converted into a problem for a force equilibrium at the nodes is also found to be effective for determining the geometry of variable geometry trusses. The whole system is written in an object-oriented language, Smalltalk, and several results on structural and geometric analysis are presented. The speed of the computation is discussed along with the size of the structures and the over-relaxation factor. The extension of the knowledge base is also discussed.
Object-orientied approach to modeling and analysis of truss structures
Objektorientiertes Verfahren für die Modellierung und Analyse von Fachwerkstrukturen
AIAA Journal ; 33 , 2 ; 348-354
1995
7 Seiten, 14 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 16 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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