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Exact least-weight truss layouts for rectangular domains with various support conditions

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A comprehensive review of both previously known and newly derived exact optimal layouts for rectangular domains with point loads and either line or point supports is given in this note.

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  1. FB 10, Essen University, D-4300, Essen 1, Germany

    T. Lewiński, M. Zhou & G. I. N. Rozvany

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On leave from the Institute of Structural Mechanics, Warsaw University of Technology, supported by the Humboldt Foundation

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Lewiński, T., Zhou, M. & Rozvany, G.I.N. Exact least-weight truss layouts for rectangular domains with various support conditions. Structural Optimization 6, 65–67 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01743176

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