Analytical solutions and numerical procedures for minimum-weight Michell structures

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 445-467

  Dewhurst, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

MICHELL STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 0034818164     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(00)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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