Abstract: The paper deals with the problem of choosing the material and the cross section of a beam subjected to bending under structural safety, elastic stability, and available room constraints. An extension of the theory proposed ...

Abstract: A method for the optimal design of complex systems is developed by effectively combining multi-objective optimization and analytical target cascading techniques. The complex systems with high dimensionality are partitioned ...

Abstract: For the lightweight design of the wheel rim of motorcycles, the knowledge of the way in which contact forces are transmitted by the tire is of crucial importance. In this paper, an analytical model of the tire is developed ...

Abstract: This paper deals with the development and validation of a semi-analytical tire model able to compute the forces at the interface between tire and rim. The knowledge of the forces acting on the rim is of crucial importance ...