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

Abstract

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.

Citation

Parkes, E.W. (1949), "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, Vol. 21 No. 5, pp. 162-163. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb031765