A primal-dual approach in truss topology optimization

Computers and Structures

Volumn 64, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 77-88

  Beckers, M ^a   Fleury, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

TRUSSES;

EID: 0031190444     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0045-7949(96)00144-7     Document Type: Article

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