A displacement based optimization method for geometrically nonlinear frame structures

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-204

  Missoum, S ^a   Gurdal Z ^a   Watson, L T ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Frame design; Geometric nonlinearities; Lagrange multipliers; Two level optimization

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TRUSSES; VECTORS;

DISPLACEMENT BASED OPTIMIZATION; FRAME DESIGN; GEOMETRICALLY NONLINEAR FRAME STRUCTURES; NODAL EQUILIBRIUM EQUATIONS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036748620     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-002-0229-8     Document Type: Article

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