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Structural optimisation by an impulse response method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

N. W. Bellamy  and
M. J. West
N. W. Bellamy
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry
M. J. West
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry
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Two papers by Dixon described a digital computing technique for the structural optimisation of a cantilever beam. This technique applied Pontryagin's Principle to the problem, and computation was effected using a modified Kutta-Simpson integration technique and the Rosenbrock hill-climbing method. Dixon's second paper, in which he revised his earlier work, cited the hybrid solutions of the authors for comparison with his own results. This comparison of the results obtained from the digital and hybrid methods showed a slight, but significant, difference which indicated the need for further verification.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 78 , Issue 762 , June 1974 , pp. 258 - 261
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1974 

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