Structural Optimization: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Structural Optimization, Melbourne, Australia, 913 February 1988 [Paperback]

Contributed Papers:.- Practical Design of Shear and Compression Loaded Stiffened Panels.- Shape Optimization of Holes in Composite Shear Panels.- Development of a Knowledge-Based System for Structural Optimization.- Modern Trend in Elastic-Plastic Design. Shape and Internal Structure Optimization.- Composite Materials as a Basis for Generating Optimal Topologies in Shape Design.- Performance Characteristics of Optimality Criteria Methods.- Optimal Shape of Cable Structures.- Shape Optimization of Continuum with Crack.- Linear Complementarity Problems: A Cutting Plane Method Based on the Convex Hull of Polyhedra.- Optimization of Vibrating Thin-Walled Structures.- Shape Optimization of Intersecting Pressure Vessels.- Optimization Procedure SAPOP Applied to Optimal Layouts of Complex Structures.- Structural Shape Optimization Using OASIS.- Optimal Design of R.C. Frames Based on Improved Inelastic Analysis Method.- Boundary Element Methods in Optimal Shape Design  An Integrated Approach.- A Michell Type Criterion for Shells.- Shape Optimization of the Cross-Sections of Thinwalled Beams Subjected to Bending and Shear.- Optimization of Structures Using the Finite Element Method.- Comparison of NLP Techniques in Optimum Structural Frame Design.- Structural and Control Optimization with Weight and Frobenius Norm as Performance Functions.- Multicriterion Plate Optimization.- Optimization of Syatems in Bending - Conjectures, Bounds and Estimates Relating to Moment Volume and Shape.- On the Optimal Design of Columns Subjected to Circulatory Loads.- Structural Optimization in a Non-Deterministic Setting.- On the Shape Optimization of Truss Structure Based on Reliability Concept.- On Optimality in Structural and Material Composition of Bamboo.- Optimization of a HollowBeam-Shaft with Prescribed Inner Contour.- Dynamic Optimization of Machine Systems Configuration.- Design for Minimum Stress Concentration  Some Practical Aspects.- Optimality Conditions for Multiple Loaded StrulsW