Structural Inelasticity XXVII.

Abstract

A tutorial review is presented of some of the computer methods useful in the plastic analysis of structures. Each method is illustrated with a trivially simple problem which can be solved without a computer and by one or more larger problems solved with the aid of a computer. The methods described include direct elastic plastic analysis, linear programming, gradient and simplex methods for unconstrained minimization, the SUMT method for constrained minimization, and use of finite-element methods for plate problems. Applications are made to trusses, frames, grids, arches, and plates. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA103281

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People

  • Philip G. Hodge Jr.

Organizations

  • University of Minnesota

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Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Linear Programming
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Minnesota
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Simplex Method
  • Structural Analysis

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  • Structural Dynamics.