1. NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING SOLVERS FOR HYBRID FINITE ELEMENT Open Access Author: Thukral, Payal Title: NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING SOLVERS FOR HYBRID FINITE ELEMENT Graduate Program: Civil Engineering Keywords: Nonlinear finite element analysisNewton's methodNonlinear programmingSequential quadratic programmingCrisfield's arc length methodConjugate gradient methodPath continuation File: Download THESIS_PAYAL_THUKRAL.pdf Committee Members: Dr. Kostas Papakonstantinou, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDr. Gordon Warn, Committee MemberDr. Ali Memari, Committee Member