Topological transformations applied to structural mechanics

Computers and Structures

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 709-718

  Kaveh, A ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAWING (GRAPHICS); GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

DEGREE OF STATICAL INDETERMINACY; FORCE METHOD; SPACE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; TOPOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

EID: 0031142188     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(96)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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