Michell-Prager type truss structures constructed from integrable discrete power function and discrete logarithmic function

Abstract

The Michell-Prager type truss structures are constructed from the integrable discrete power and logarithmic functions. It is demonstrated that specific sublattices, subject to suitable boundary conditions, yield approximate Michell trusses, which are theoretically optimal structures achieving force equilibrium with material economy. The result of shape optimization minimizing the Michell functional is provided for numerical evidence of their optimality.

10 pages, 19 figures (22 files) Accepted for publication in JSIAM Letters (in press)