Rationalization of trusses and yield-line patterns identified using layout optimization

To help engineers to design and analyse structures, various tools exist. However, many of them are complicated and difficult for engineers to master. In industry simple, accurate, and rapid tools are potentially very useful. The development of such tools has thus been the main focus of this thesis....

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Main Author: He, Linwei
Other Authors: Gilbert, Matthew ; Smith, Colin
Published: University of Sheffield 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.675055