Design of trusses under uncertain loads using convex models

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 318-329

  Pantelides, Chris P ^a,b   Ganzerli, Sara ^b  

^a ASCE   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

NON PROBABILISTIC ELLIPSOIDAL CONVEX MODEL; UNCERTAIN LOADS;

TRUSSES;

EID: 0032027204     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1998)124:3(318)     Document Type: Article

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