Optimising structures using the principle of virtual work

Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 11-19

  Elvin, A ^a   Walls, R ^a   Cromberge, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Itasca Africa (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Automated member selection; Discrete sections

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON METHODS; DESIGN PROCESS; MEMBER SELECTION; OPTIMISATION METHOD; OPTIMISATIONS; PRINCIPLE OF VIRTUAL WORK; PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; VIRTUAL WORKS;

BUILDING CODES; TRUSSES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77950671573     PISSN: 10212019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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