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1、AccesstoElectronicThesisAuthor:CanhLeThesistitle:NovelNumericalProceduresforLimitAnalysisofStructures:Mesh-FreeMethodsandMathematicalProgrammingQualification:PhDDateawarded:24March2010ThiselectronicthesisisprotectedbytheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988.Noreproductionispe

2、rmittedwithoutconsentoftheauthor.ItisalsoprotectedbytheCreativeCommonsLicenceallowingAttributions-Non-commercial-Noderivatives.Ifthiselectronicthesishasbeeneditedbytheauthoritwillbeindicatedassuchonthetitlepageandinthetext.UNIVERSITYOFSHEFFIELDNOVELNUMERICALPROCEDURESFORLI

3、MITANALYSISOFSTRUCTURESMESH-FREEMETHODSANDMATHEMATICALPROGRAMMINGbyCANHV.LEAthesissubmittedinpartialfulfillmentforthedegreeofDoctorofPhilosophyintheComputationalMechanicsandDesignResearchGroupDepartmentofCivilandStructuralEngineeringOctober2009DeclarationofAuthorshipI,CanhL

4、e,declarethatthisthesisentitled,‘Novelnumericalproceduresforlimitanalysisofstructures:meshfreemethodsandmathematicalprogramming’andtheworkpresentedinitaremyown.Iconfirmthat:ThisworkwasdonewhollyormainlywhileincandidatureforaresearchdegreeatthisUniversity.Whereanypartofthi

5、sthesishaspreviouslybeensubmittedforadegreeoranyotherqualificationatthisUniversityoranyotherinstitution,thishasbeenclearlystated.WhereIhaveconsultedthepublishedworkofothers,thisisalwaysclearlyattributed.WhereIhavequotedfromtheworkofothers,thesourceisalwaysgiven.Withtheexc

6、eptionofsuchquotations,thisthesisisentirelymyownwork.Ihaveacknowledgedallmainsourcesofhelp.Wherethethesisisbasedonworkdonebymyselfjointlywithothers,IhavemadeclearexactlywhatwasdonebyothersandwhatIhavecontributedmyself.Signed:Date:iSUMMARYNovelnumericalproceduresforlimita

7、nalysisofstructures–meshfreemethodsandmathematicalprogrammingCurrentresearchinthefieldoflimitanalysisisfocussingonthedevelopmentofnumericaltoolswhicharesufficientlyefficientandrobusttobeusedinengineeringpractice.Thisplacesdemandsonthenumericaldiscretisationstrategyadoptedaswell

8、asonthemathematicalprogrammingtoolsapplied,whicharethekeyingredientsofatypicalcomputation