Modified fully utilized design (MFUD) method for stress and displacement constraints

• Published in: International journal for numerical methods in engineering Vol. 41; no. 7; pp. 1171 - 1194
• Main Authors: Patnaik, Surya N., Gendy, Atef S., Berke, Laszlo, Hopkins, Dale A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 15.04.1998
• Subjects: force method; fully utilized design; optimization techniques

The traditional fully stressed method performs satisfactorily for stress‐limited structural design. When this method is extended to include displacement limitations in addition to stress constraints, it is known as the Fully Utilized Design (FUD). Typically, the FUD produces an overdesign, which is...