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Optimum design of structures through variational principles

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  1. Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

    Richard T. Shield

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Shield, R.T. (1973). Optimum design of structures through variational principles. In: Wang, P.K.C. (eds) Optimization and Stability Problems in Continuum Mechanics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-06214-9_2

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