1. Thanks to our Reviewers

   • Raphael T. Haftka

   EDITORIAL 15 March 2016 Pages: 411 - 413

2. Topology optimization for crashworthiness of thin-walled structures under axial impact using hybrid cellular automata

   • Fabian Duddeck
   • Stephan Hunkeler
   • Duo Zeng

   RESEARCH PAPER 13 April 2016 Pages: 415 - 428

   

3. Implementing a structural continuity constraint and a halting method for the topology optimization of energy absorbers

   • Daniel Stojanov
   • Brian G. Falzon
   • Wenyi Yan

   RESEARCH PAPER 02 May 2016 Pages: 429 - 448

   

4. Representative surrogate problems as test functions for expensive simulators in multidisciplinary design optimization of vehicle structures

   • Ramses Sala
   • Niccolò Baldanzini
   • Marco Pierini

   RESEARCH PAPER 04 May 2016 Pages: 449 - 468

   

5. Designing meta material slabs exhibiting negative refraction using topology optimization

   • Rasmus E. Christiansen
   • Ole Sigmund

   RESEARCH PAPER 18 March 2016 Pages: 469 - 482

   

6. A multiscale method for optimising surface topography in elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) using metamodels

   • G. N. de Boer
   • L. Gao
   • V. V. Toropov

   RESEARCH PAPER Open access 02 April 2016 Pages: 483 - 497

   

7. An exact reanalysis method for structures with local modifications

   • Guanxin Huang
   • Hu Wang
   • Guangyao Li

   RESEARCH PAPER 11 March 2016 Pages: 499 - 509

   

8. An efficient procedure for structural reliability-based robust design optimization

   • Renato de S. Motta
   • Silvana M. B. Afonso

   RESEARCH PAPER 09 March 2016 Pages: 511 - 530

   

9. Topology optimization of a coupled thermal-fluid system under a tangential thermal gradient constraint

   • Xiaoping Qian
   • Ercan M. Dede

   RESEARCH PAPER 06 April 2016 Pages: 531 - 551

   

10. Reliability-based topology optimization using a new method for sensitivity approximation - application to ground structures

    • Ke Liu
    • Glaucio H. Paulino
    • Paolo Gardoni

    RESEARCH PAPER 02 April 2016 Pages: 553 - 571

    

11. A variable-accuracy metamodel-based architecture for global MDO under uncertainty

    • Cecilia Leotardi
    • Andrea Serani
    • Matteo Diez

    RESEARCH PAPER 03 April 2016 Pages: 573 - 593

    

12. Evolutionary topological design for phononic band gap crystals

    • Yang fan Li
    • Xiaodong Huang
    • Shiwei Zhou

    RESEARCH PAPER 04 March 2016 Pages: 595 - 617

    

13. A full-space barrier method for stress-constrained discrete material design optimization

    • Graeme J. Kennedy

    RESEARCH PAPER 02 April 2016 Pages: 619 - 639

    

14. Metamodel selection based on stepwise regression

    • XiaoJian Zhou
    • Ting Jiang

    RESEARCH PAPER 25 April 2016 Pages: 641 - 657

    

15. Shape and topology optimization based on the convected level set method

    • Kentaro Yaji
    • Masaki Otomori
    • Olivier Pironneau

    RESEARCH PAPER 22 April 2016 Pages: 659 - 672

    

16. Design optimization of a novel NPR crash box based on multi-objective genetic algorithm

    • Guan Zhou
    • Zheng-Dong Ma
    • Wanzhong Zhao

    INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION 25 April 2016 Pages: 673 - 684

    

17. Comparison study of some commercial structural optimization software systems

    • Wook-han Choi
    • Jong-moon Kim
    • Gyung-Jin Park

    INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION 01 April 2016 Pages: 685 - 699

    

18. Multi-objective topology and sizing optimization of bus body frame

    • Wei Zhong
    • Ruiyi Su
    • Zijie Fan

    INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION 06 April 2016 Pages: 701 - 714