Interpreting load paths and stress trajectories in elasticity

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 117-135

  Kelly, D W ^a   Tosh, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Engineering; Load analysis; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442573885     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400010313084     Document Type: Article

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