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Engineering Optimization Volume 29, 1997 - Issue 1-4
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A NOTE ON THE EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN MAXIMUM STIFFNESS AND MAXIMUM STRENGTH TRUSSES

JOHN J. McKEOWN School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, The Queens University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5 AH, UK
Pages 443-456 | Published online: 27 Apr 2007

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