著者

下田 昌利 山根 滉一

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集C編 (ISSN:18848354)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.79, no.807, pp.4353-4367, 2013 (Released:2013-11-25)

参考文献数

21

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This paper proposes a convenient numerical form-finding method for designing the minimal surface, or the equally tensioned surface, of membrane structures with specified arbitrary boundaries. Area minimization problems are formulated as a distributed-parameter shape optimization problem. The internal volume or the perimeter is added as a constraint according to the structure type such as a pneumatic or a suspension membrane. It is assumed that the membrane is varied in the normal and/or the tangential direction to the surface. The shape sensitivity function for each problem is derived using the material derivative method. The minimal surface is determined without shape parameterization by the free-form optimization method, a gradient method in a Hilbert space, where the shape is varied by the traction force in proportion to the sensitivity function under the Robin boundary condition. The calculated results show the effectiveness and practical utility of the proposed method for optimal form-finding of membrane structures.