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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.