Lower bound limit analysis using finite elements and linear programming

DOI10.1002/nag.1610120105zbMath0626.73117OpenAlexW2216872128WikidataQ56812941 ScholiaQ56812941MaRDI QIDQ3030399

Scott W. Sloan

Publication date: 1988

Published in: International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.1610120105

zbMATH Keywords

optimizationlinear programmingfinite elementsplane strainlinear approximationcomplex geometriesyield surfaceinhomogeneitiesplane problemcollapse loadstatically admissible stress fieldmaximizedcomplicated loadingscohesive-frictionalsafestability chartslinear 3-noded triangleslower bound limit loadsperfectly plastic soil modelpurely cohesiveset of linear constraints on the nodal stressesstatically admissible stress discontinuities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Anelastic fracture and damage (74R20) Soil and rock mechanics (74L10) Numerical and other methods in solid mechanics (74S99)

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