Multipoint approximations: Comparisons using structural size, configuration and shape design

Structural Optimization

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 177-185

  Wang, L ^a   Grandhi, R V ^a  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

CONFIGURATION AND SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; MULTIPOINT APPROXIMATION; STRUCTURAL SIZE;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0030261346     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01196954     Document Type: Article

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