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Quasilinearization and Nonlinear Volterra Integral Equations: II Nonlinear Structural Design Problems in the Presence of Creep

Distefano, J. Nestor

UCB/SESM-1970/14, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1970-08, 24 pages

A class of multi-point problems involving generally nonlinear integro-differential equations of Volterra type arising in applications of structural design in the presence of nonlinear creep is formulated and investigated.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-70-14.pdf (7 MB)