On a problem of minimum weight design

Mróz, Zenon

doi:10.1090/qam/135327

Author: Zenon Mróz
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 19 (1961), 127-135
MSC: Primary 73.49
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/135327
MathSciNet review: 135327
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Abstract: A problem of optimal design for perfectly plastic, isotropic structures is analyzed. It is shown that for such structures as plates or shells, an extremum of the volume, if it exists, is either a local maximum or a minimum.

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