Complementarity and nonlinear structural analysis of skeletal structures

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 491-505

  Tin Loi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elastoplastic analysis; Large displacement; Mathematical programming; Nonlinear complementarity problem; Structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

LARGE DISPLACEMENT; NONLINEAR COMPLIMENTARY PROBLEM; PREDICTOR CORRECTOR METHOD; SKELETAL STRUCTURES; STATIC KINEMATIC RELATIONS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031223098     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.1997.5.5.491     Document Type: Article

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