Duality approach in the optimization of beams and plates

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 486-501

  Sprekels, J ^a   Tiba, D ^a,b  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

NONCONVEX DUALITY; RESIZING RULES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032201831     PISSN: 03630129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s036301299732540x     Document Type: Article

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