General evolutionary path for fundamental natural frequencies of structural vibration problems: Towards optimum from below

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 513-527

  Zhao, Chongbin ^a,c   Steven, G P ^a   Xie, Y M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolutionary criterion; General evolutionary path; Membrane vibration; Natural frequency optimization

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTION FACTOR; ENERGY CONSERVATION PRINCIPLE; EVOLUTIONARY CRITERION; EVOLUTIONARY PATH;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEMBRANES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUPPORTS;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0030247071     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.1996.4.5.513     Document Type: Article

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