Collapse behaviour of three-dimensional brick-block systems using non-linear programming

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-195

  Baggio, Carlo ^a   Trovalusci, Patrizia ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRICK; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

LIMIT ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL BRICK-BLOCK SYSTEMS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033714509     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2000.10.2.181     Document Type: Article

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