Michell Structures

by Tomasz Lewinski, Cezary Graczykowski, Tomasz Sokó

Book Overview

The book covers the theory of Michell structures being the lightest and fully stressed systems of bars, designed within a given domain, possibly within the whole space, transmitting a given load towards a given support. Discovered already in 1904 by A.G.M. Michell, the structures named after him have attracted constant attention due to their peculiar feature of disclosing the optimal streams of stresses equilibrating a given load and thus determining...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319951793
• ISBN13: 9783319951799
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 569 Pages
• Weight: 2.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"