A Class of Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints: A Smooth Algorithm and Applications to Contact Problems

We discuss a special mathematical programming problem with equilibrium constraints (MPEC), that arises in material and shape optimization problems involving the contact of a rod or a plate with a rigid obstacle. This MPEC can be reduced to a nonlinear programming problem with independent variables a...

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Main Author: Figueiredo, Isabel N. (author)
Other Authors: Júdice, Joaquim J. (author), Rosa, Silvério S. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/7739
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/7739