Structural design optimization status and direction

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-20

  Vanderplaats, G N ^a,b  

^a VMA Engineering   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0032759147     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2440     Document Type: Article

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