A quasi-analytic method for structural optimization

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 569-580

  Renwei, Xia ^a   Shaojun, Chen ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Approximation concepts; Envelope function; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

APPROXIMATION CONCEPTS; ENVELOPE FUNCTION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0032091938     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(199806)14:6<569::AID-CNM173>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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