Author/Authors :
da Silveira, Thiago School of Engineering - Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil , Torres Pinto, Vinícius School of Engineering - Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil , Sarasol Neufeld, João Pedro Federal University of Pampa (Unipampa) - Campus Alegrete, Alegrete, Brazil , Pavlovic, Ana Department of Industrial Engineering - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (UNIBO), Bologna, Italy , Oliveira Rocha, Luiz Alberto Department of Mechanical Engineering - University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos), São Leopoldo, Brazil , Domingues dos Santos, Elizaldo School of Engineering - Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil , André Isoldi, Liércio School of Engineering - Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil
Abstract :
The application of the Constructal Design method in Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics areas is an already consecrated
approach to geometrically evaluate these flow engineering systems. However, this approach in Mechanics of Materials realm is
not yet widely used, since one can find only few publications about it in literature. The Constructal Design is based on the
Constructal Law, a physical law that explains the universal phenomenon of evolution of any finite size flow system. Therefore, the
main goal here is to show that the Constructal Design can also be used in dedicated Structural Engineering problems as an
effective method for geometric evaluation. The obtained results prove the Constructal Design applicability definitively in
Mechanics of Materials.
Keywords :
Constructal Design Method , Constructal Law , Geometric Evaluation , Biaxial Elasto-Plastic Buckling , Perforated Plate
