Combinational Mechanics and Stable Loading

调查人员将开发装载货物的算法 在移动和存储设备上，如飞机，卡车，轮船， 货架和托盘，以便安全地平衡负载， 稳定 这样的问题有这样的一般形式：给定一个结构 以及一组力和力矩，这些力和力矩应该在哪里， 将力矩施加到结构上？ 这补充了 机械工程的传统设计问题：给定一个 一组最坏情况的力和力矩，设计一个结构来承受 他们 研究人员创造了一个术语“组合 力学”来描述要研究的问题。 的问题 涉及到力学，因为要考虑到重心， 变形，固有频率等。问题是 因为这些力通常来自于 因此结构上的合力 这取决于物品是如何排列的。 这项研究的方法代表了一种创新的 与传统的负载规划方法不同。 的 组合力学领域的发展可以打开 门到新的解释物流问题的这种性质。

The investigators will develop algorithms for stowing cargo on movement-and-storage devices such as airplanes, trucks, ships, shelves, and pallets so that the load is safely balanced and stable. Such problems have this general form: Given a structure and a set of forces and moments, where should those forces and moments be applied to the structure? This complements the traditional design questions of mechanical engineering: Given a set of worst-case forces and moments, design a structure to bear them. The investigators have coined the term "combinatorial mechanics" to describe the issues to be studied. The problems involve mechanics because of the concern for the center-of-gravity, deformation, natural frequency, and so on. The problems are combinatorial because the forces generally arise from the weight of items to be stored, and so the resultant forces on the structure depend on how the items are arranged. The approach to this research represents an innovative departure from traditional load planning approaches. The development of a field of combinatorial mechanics could open the door to novel interpretations of logistics problems of this nature.