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Computers & Structures

Volume 50, Issue 4, 17 February 1994, Pages 557-561
Computers & Structures

Solving the extremum of static response for structural systems with unknown-but-bounded parameters

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Abstract

A description and computation of structural systems containing unknown-but-bounded parameters is considered in this paper. A method of solving the extrema of static responses of a structural system with uncertainties to deterministic forces using optimization techniques is presented. A numerical example to show the validity of the method is also given.

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