Two-level optimization of prestressed structures

Engineering Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-317

  Kirsch, U ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Multilevel optimization; Prestressed concrete design; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MULTILEVEL OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031121791     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(96)00075-2     Document Type: Article

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