A new mixed convex approximation method with applications for truss configuration optimization

Structural Optimization

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 237-241

  Zhang, W H ^a   Domaszewski, M ^a   Fleury, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT MONTBÉLIARD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DIAGONAL QUADRATIC APPROXIMATION (DQA); GENERALIZED METHOD OF THE MOVING ASYMPTOTES (GMMA); MIXED CONVEX APPROXIMATION METHOD;

TRUSSES;

EID: 0032090339     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01203537     Document Type: Article

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