An approximation theory for optimum sheets in unilateral contact

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-325

  Petersson, Joakim ^a   Haslinger, Jaroslav ^b  

^a LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Approximation Theory; Optimum Sheet; Topology Design; Unilateral Contact

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHEET METAL; STIFFNESS;

FINITE ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION; OPTIMUM VARIABLE THICKNESS SHEET PROBLEMS; UNILATERAL CONTACTS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 0032096817     PISSN: 0033569X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/qam/1622499     Document Type: Article

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