Effective scaling procedures for approximate structural optimization

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-64

  Kirsch, Uri ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Approximations; Scaling; Structural optimization; Structural reanalysis

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOMETRY; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SCALING PROCEDURES; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL REANALYSIS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0030367955     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052159608941399     Document Type: Article

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