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Structural Design via Optimality Criteria

The Prager Approach to Structural Optimization

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. George I. N. Rozvany

    1. Essen University, Essen, Germany

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Part of the book series: Mechanics of Elastic and Inelastic Solids (MEIS, volume 8)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Introduction

    • George I. N. Rozvany
    Pages 1-20

  3. Static-Kinematic Optimality Criteria

    • George I. N. Rozvany
    Pages 21-80

  4. Optimal Plastic Design of Beams with Freely Variable Cross-Sectional Dimensions

    • George I. N. Rozvany
    Pages 81-114

  5. Optimal Plastic Design of Beams with Unspecified Actions or Reactions

    • George I. N. Rozvany
    Pages 115-159

  6. Optimal Plastic Design of Beams with Segmentation

    • George I. N. Rozvany
    Pages 161-204

  7. Optimal Plastic Design of Beams: Allowance for Selfweight, Bounded Spatial Gradients (Niordson-Constraints) and Linear Segments

    • George I. N. Rozvany
    Pages 205-241

  8. Optimal Elastic Design of Beams — Stress and Deflection Constraints

    • George I. N. Rozvany
    Pages 243-284

  9. Optimal Elastic Design of Beams — Optimization of Segmentation, Constraints on Spatial Gradients (Niordson-Constraints) and Multicriteria Design

    • George I. N. Rozvany
    Pages 285-322

  10. The Theory of Optimal Layouts and a Brief Review of its Applications

    • George I. N. Rozvany
    Pages 323-351

  11. A Short History of Optimality Criteria Methods

    • George I. N. Rozvany
    Pages 353-368

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 369-465
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`This book can definitely be recommended to all those who are willing to immerse themselves in one of the most important areas of structural optimization,`
H. Eschenauer, ZFW Köln, 1990
`Das Buch kann in jedem Fall all denen empfohlen werden, die bereit sind, sich eines der wichtigen Gebiete der Strukturoptimierung einzuarbeiten.'
Zeitschrift für Flug und Weltraumforschung, 14:1/2, 1990

Authors and Affiliations

  • Essen University, Essen, Germany

    George I. N. Rozvany

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