A general solution to the material performance index for bending strength design

Materials and Design

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1046-1054

  Burgess, S C ^a   Pasini, D ^a   Smith, D J ^a   Alemzadeh, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constrained design; Direction of scaling; Performance index; Strength design

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONSRAINED DESIGN; DIRECTION OF SCALING; PERFORMANCE INDEX; STRENGTH DESIGN;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BENDING STRENGTH; PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33746192221     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2005.01.023     Document Type: Article

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