Optimal locations of point supports in plates for maximum fundamental frequency

Structural Optimization

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 170-177

  Xiang, Y ^a   Wang, C M ^b   Kitipornchai, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POINT SUPPORTS; RAYLEIGH-RITZ METHOD; SIMPLEX METHOD; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FREQUENCIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SUPPORTS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0030168471     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01197031     Document Type: Article

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