An improved approximation technique for the DCOC method of sizing optimization

Computers and Structures

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 763-769

  Zhou, M ^a   Rozvany, G I N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OPTIMIZATION; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DISCRITICAL CONTINUOUS TYPE OPTIMALITY CRITERIA; DISPLACEMENT CONSTRAINTS; RECIPROCAL LINEAR APPROXIMATION; SIZING OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0030190803     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7949(95)00436-X     Document Type: Article

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