New two-point approximation approach for structural optimization

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-28

  Xu, G ^a   Yamazaki, K ^a   Cheng, G D ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FUNCTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONSTRAINT APPROXIMATION METHOD; TWO-POINT APPROXIMATION METHOD;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034244465     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001580050132     Document Type: Article

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