Approximate discrete variable optimization of frame structures with dual methods

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1607-1617

  Salajegheh, Eysa ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Approximation concepts; Discrete variables; Dual methods; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; FUNCTIONS; LINEARIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

APPROXIMATE DISCRETE VARIABLE OPTIMIZATION; DUAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 0030150860     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19960515)39:9<1607::AID-NME920>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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