Structural optimization of thin-walled tubular trusses using a virtual strain energy density approach

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-246

  Makris, Panagiotis A ^a   Provatidis, Christopher G ^a   Venetsanos, Demetrios T ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buckling; Finite element; Optimality; Optimization; Tubular structure

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

OPTIMALITY; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING (SQP); STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY; TUBULAR STRUCTURES;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

EID: 33748092538     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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