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ABSTRACT

A combined approach of the MLPG method and nonlinear programming for lower-bound limit analysis

S. S. Chen¹, Y. H. Liu^1,2, Z. Z. Cen¹

1 Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
2 Corresponding author. Tel: +86-10-62773751; fax: +86-10-62781824; Email: yhliu@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn (Y. H. Liu)