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Optimality in the Presence of Discreteness and Discontinuity

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Optimization in Structural Design

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Most of the literature in the field of optimal structural design deals with the various computational aspects of the problem. Papers which concern themselves with the establishment of fundamental principles and their applications are, by comparison, relatively rare, as is evident from the comprehensive review of the literature (up to 1968) by Sheu and Prager [1].

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  1. Sheu, C. Y., Prager, W.: Recent Developments in Optimal Structural Design. Applied Mechanics Reviews 21, 985–991 (1968).

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  1. University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    E. F. Masur

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  1. Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Antoni Sawczuk  & Zenon Mróz  & 

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Masur, E.F. (1975). Optimality in the Presence of Discreteness and Discontinuity. In: Sawczuk, A., Mróz, Z. (eds) Optimization in Structural Design. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80895-1_31

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