NDLI: Stiffness and buckling optimization of thin plates with BEM

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Author	Katsikadelis, J. T. Babouskos, N. G.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	The thickness optimization is used to maximize the stiffness or the buckling load of a Kirchhoff plate having constant volume. The shape of the plate is arbitrary and it is subjected to any type of admissible boundary conditions. The optimization consists in establishing the thickness variation law, for which either the stiffness of the plate or the buckling load is maximized. Beside the equality constraint of constant volume, the thickness variation is subjected also to inequality constraints resulting from serviceability requirements (upper and lower thickness bounds) as well as from the condition that the Kirchhoff plate theory remains valid. The latter constraint is new and it is derived herein by approximating the plate with a three-dimensional prismatic elastic body having curved upper and lower surface. The optimization problem is solved using the sequential quadratic programming algorithm. The bending and the plane stress problem of a plate with variable thickness, required for the evaluation of the objective function, are solved using the analog equation method. The thickness is approximated using integrated radial basis functions that approximate accurately not only the thickness function but also its first and second derivatives involved in the plate equation and in the constraints. Several plate optimization problems have been studied giving realistic and meaningful optimum designs without violating the validity of the thin plate theory.
Starting Page	1403
Ending Page	1422
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09391533
Journal	Archive of Applied Mechanics
Volume Number	82
Issue Number	10
e-ISSN	14320681
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-07-04
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Plates of variable thickness Thickness optimization Stiffness optimization Buckling optimization Boundary element method Analog equation method Radial basis functions Mechanics Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Mechanical Engineering

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