Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: This article describes the use of structural optimisation at the conceptual design stage to identify materially efficient solutions that incorporate buildability considerations. In the proposed approach, a minimum-weight solution is first identified, providing a benchmark against which other designs can be judged. However, as this solution will often be complex in form (and effectively impossible to construct in practice), additional constraints are then gradually introduced to rationalise it, and to explore the regions of the solution space which separate it from simpler, more familiar solutions. This enables the designer to balance material efficiency and complexity in a more informed manner. The efficacy of the approach is demonstrated via application to a case study of a transfer truss design.
Source: The Structural Engineer
DOI: 10.56330/fisv7260
Authors: Helen Fairclough, Matthew Gilbert, Clement Thirion, Andy Tyas, Pete Winslow
Language: English
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2990945295