Reinforced mindlin plates with extremal stiffness

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 34, Issue 28, 1997, Pages 3691-3704

  Lipton, Robert ^a,b   Díaz, Alejandro ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OPTIMIZATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

INTEGRAL OPERATORS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0042734251     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7683(96)00219-3     Document Type: Article

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