Growing optimal pin-jointed frames

Structural Optimization

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 92-100

  McKeown, J J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TRUSSES;

DEFLECTION SPACE METHODS; PIN JOINTED FRAMES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032046803     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01278495     Document Type: Article

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