On stiffness maximization of variable thickness sheet with unilateral contact

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 541-550

  Petersson, J ^a  

^a LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ELASTICITY; FRICTION; FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; THICKNESS CONTROL; TOPOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY;

DISPLACEMENT STATES; ISOPERIMETRIC VOLUME CONSTRAINT; LINEARLY ELASTIC SHEET; OPTIMAL DESIGN; SADDLE POINT THEORY; STIFFNESS MAXIMIZATION; THICKNESS FUNCTIONS; UNILATERAL CONTACT; VARIABLE THICKNESS SHEET;

STIFFNESS MATRIX;

EID: 0030241508     PISSN: 0033569X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/qam/1402408     Document Type: Article

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