BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
          ID:: STAN//CS-TR-64-11
       ENTRY:: January 19, 1996
ORGANIZATION:: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science
       TITLE:: Elastic-plastic analysis of trusses by the gradient
               projection method
        TYPE:: Technical Report
      AUTHOR:: Nakamura, Tsuneyoshi
      AUTHOR:: Rosen, Judah Ben
        DATE:: July 1964
       PAGES:: 36
    ABSTRACT:: The gradient projection method has been applied to the
               problem of obtaining the elastic-plastic response of a
               perfectly plastic ideal truss with several degrees of
               redundancy to several independently varying sets of
               quasi-static loads. It is proved that the minimization of
               stress rate intensity subject to a set of yield inequalities
               is equivalent to the maximization process of the gradient
               projection method. This equivalence proof establishes the
               basis of the computational method. The technique is applied
               to the problem of investigating the possibilities of shake
               down and to limit analysis. A closed convex "safe load
               domain" is defined to represent the load carrying capacity
               characteristics of a truss subjected to various combinations
               of the several sets of loads.
       NOTES:: [Adminitrivia V1/Prg/19960119]
         END:: STAN//CS-TR-64-11