1. Topology optimization of frame structures based on hysteretic finite element modeling Open Access Author: Changizi, Navid Title: Topology optimization of frame structures based on hysteretic finite element modeling Graduate Program: Civil Engineering Keywords: Topology optimizationFrame structuresMaterial nonlinearityHysteretic beam finite elementQuasi-static loadingTime-varying excitationModel condensation File: Download NC_PhD_dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Gordon Patrick Warn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorGordon Patrick Warn, Committee Chair/Co-ChairMary I Frecker, Committee MemberKonstantinos Papakonstantinou, Committee MemberWen Shen, Outside MemberPatrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair