Improved sequential linear programming formulation for structural weight minimization

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 193, Issue 33-35, 2004, Pages 3493-3521

  Lamberti, Luciano ^a   Pappalettere, Carmine ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Line search; SLP; Structural optimization; Trust region

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TRUSSES;

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; CONFIGURATION; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING (SQP); TRUST REGION METHODS (TRM);

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3142709490     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2003.12.040     Document Type: Article

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