Lower bound limit loads using variational concepts: The mα-method

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-106

  Seshadri, R ^a   Mangalaramanan, S P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CREEP; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LOADS (FORCES); STRESSES; YIELD STRESS;

INTEGRAL MEAN OF YIELD; LIMIT ANALYSIS; LOWER BOUND LIMIT LOADS; STRESS FIELDS; VARIATIONAL CONCEPTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031117595     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(96)00071-3     Document Type: Article

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