Optimal discrete sizing of truss structures subject to buckling constraints

Structural Optimization

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 71-80

  Groenwold, A A ^a   Stander, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUCKLING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

SELECTIVE DYNAMIC ROUNDING (SDR);

TRUSSES;

EID: 0031257305     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01812508     Document Type: Article

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