N.T. Tran, M. Staat, G.E. Stavroulakis .(2006,jul.)A multicriteria method for truss optimization.Presented at 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics.[online].Available: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Trinh_Tran3/publication/261178776_A_multicriteria_method_for_truss_optimization/links/53fb2f160cf27c365cf07d8d.pdf
We propose a multicriteria approach to the optimization of trusses. Stress and cross sectional areas of bars are considered as independent variables. This is a distinguishing point of this method. Using two independent variables makes the equilibrium equations becomenonlinear. The problem is solved by the Optimization Toolbox of Matlab. In this paper, weconsider the nine-bar truss of as an example.