Engineering: Hanging chain

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Direct download AIMMS Project HangingChain.zip

Problem type: NLP (small)

Description: Determination of the shape of a chain (of uniform density) suspended between two points with minimal potential energy.

References: Dolan, E.D., J.J. More, Benchmarking Optimization Software with COPS, 2000.