Optimal plastic design of pitched roof frames for multiple loading

Computers and Structures

Volumn 64, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 737-740

  O'Brien, E J ^a   Dixon, A S ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LOADS (FORCES); OPTIMIZATION; PLASTICITY; ROOFS;

MINIMUM WEIGHT DESIGN; STEEL PORTAL FRAMES;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0031190448     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(96)00428-2     Document Type: Article

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