On the automation of the force method in the optimal plastic design of frames

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 141-156

  Spiliopoulos, Konstantinos V ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; DESIGN; LOADS (FORCES); OPTIMIZATION; PLASTIC SHEETS;

FORCE METHOD;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 0031074284     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(96)01055-9     Document Type: Article

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