Improved multivariate reanalysis of structures based on the structural variation method

Mechanics of Structures and Machines

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-70

  Fuchs, Maurice Bernard ^a   Hakim, Saki ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TRUSSES;

MULTIVARIATE REANALYSIS; NODAL DISPLACEMENT RATIO; STRUCTURAL VARIATION METHOD; UNIT DEFORMATION MATRIX; UNIT LOAD MATRIX;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030082765     PISSN: 08905452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08905459608905255     Document Type: Article

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