A finite element analysis of optimal variable thickness sheets

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1759-1778

  Petersson, Joakim ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Finite element convergence; Structural optimization; Variable thickness sheet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001335488     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142996313968     Document Type: Article

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