Sensitivity analysis and optimum design curves for the minimum cost design of singly and doubly reinforced concrete beams

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 260-268

  Ceranic, B ^a   Fryer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CURVE FITTING; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

LAGRANGIAN MULTIPLIER METHOD (LMM);

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0034516304     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001580050156     Document Type: Article

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