On the numerical solution of a class of unilateral contact structural optimization problems

Structural Optimization

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-161

  Tin Loi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FRICTIONLESS UNILATERAL CONTACT; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032683705     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001580050047     Document Type: Article

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