Optimal Design of Adaptive Beams Supported by Variable Stiffness Springs.

This paper formulates a method of creating an adaptive beam supported by some springs, of which the stiffnesses are actively controlled. In the method, an optimization law known as the Adaptive Region Maximum Law is applied to formulate a decision of the basic structural composition. The formulation is presented for the decision examples involving the structural composition of an adaptive beam. Moreover, its efficiency is illustrated by the three numerical examples of the statically indeterminate beam.