TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION OF TRUSS

The cost of steel structure depends upon the weight of the structure corresponding to material distribution in the members of the structure. The main aim of the study is to provide structural stability of the structure with cost consideration taken into account. The optimised design of a structure is always becomes a challenging topic for the structural designers. In this Study, the aim is on obtaining topological optimised steel truss structure without deviating from engineering specifications & restrictions. An efficient computer tool or software is preferred for linear static analysis of the structure such as HyperWorks. This increases the optimization speed & decreases the solution time needed for analysis & optimization It is well known for dealing the global optimization problems.The work is carried out by making nodal displacement, stress as constrains. The study is done with purpose of minimization of mass of the structure. The present study concerns over linear static analysis & topology optimisation of a skeletal structure (truss) having non linear problems or two noded line elements