Cost calculation and optimisation of welded steel structures

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-135

  Jarmai K ^a   Farkas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISKOLC   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Box beams; Fabrication costs; Stiffened plates; Structural optimization; Welded structures; Welded technologies; Welded times

Indexed keywords

STEEL;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STIFFENED PLATES; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0033121268     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-974X(98)00241-7     Document Type: Article

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