On structural safety assessment by load factor maximization in piecewise linear plasticity

European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 859-881

  Ardito, R ^a   Cocchetti, G ^a   Maier, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Limit analysis generalization; Nonconvex optimization; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEFORMATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE FIXATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INTERSECTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PLASTICITY; PLASTICS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STATIC ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CLASSICAL LIMITS; COMPLEMENTARITY CONSTRAINTS; DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; ELSEVIER (CO); LIMIT ANALYSES; LOAD FACTORS; MATERIAL MODELLING; MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; MODE SELECTIONS; NONASSOCIATIVITY; PERFECT PLASTICITY; PIECE-WISE LINEAR (PWL); PIECEWISE-LINEAR (PWL) APPROXIMATION; PLASTIC COLLAPSE; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; STATIC APPROACH; STRUCTURAL SAFETY;

SAFETY FACTOR;

EID: 46749125839     PISSN: 09977538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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