Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
STRUCTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION, cilt.26, ss.1-15, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
In this paper, we investigate the stress fields in optimal elastic structures by the necessary conditions of optimality, studying two-phase elastic composites in two dimensions. The necessary conditions show that an optimal design is characterized by three zones: Zone 1 of pure weak Material 1; Zone 2 of pure strong Material 2; and Zone 3, where Material 1 and Material 2 mix to form an optimal microstructure. To characterize these zones, we introduce two rotationally invariant norms N(1) and N(2) of a stress tensor. The derived optimality conditions state that the inequality N(1)(sigma)< constant(1) holds in Zone 1; the inequality N(2)(sigma)> constant(2) holds in Zone 2; and two equalities hold simultaneously in Zone 3: N(1)(sigma)= constant(1), in Material 1; N(2)(sigma)= constant(2) in Material 2. Using this result, we analyze suboptimal projects and find how close the fields are to the regions of optimality.