Optimal 3D stiffener design with frequency considerations

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 525-531

  Gea, Hae Chang ^a   Fu, Yong ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DESIGN DOMAIN METHOD (DDM); INCREMENTAL OBJECTIVE FUNCTION FORMULATION; SPHERICAL MICRO INCLUSIONS MODEL;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0031268146     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0965-9978(97)00033-1     Document Type: Article

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