Volume Title |
Structures
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Volume No |
Design for minimum weight - struts, panels (integral stiffeners), sandwich panels.
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DATA Title |
Design for minimum weight. Struts of uniform section. Thin-walled square tubes. |
DATA Item |
66006 |
KEYWORD |
inelastic, minimum, optimisation, plasticity, section, square, strut, tube, weight, optimization |
ISBN |
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ABSTRACT |
ESDU 66006 gives the cross-sectional dimensions for minimum weight of thin-walled struts of uniform square section and given length. Information is also presented on the geometry for minimum weight when a restriction is placed on one of the cross-sectional dimensions. The associated weight penalty is also given. Curves are provided that allow a correction for the effects of material plasticity when applicable. |