A method for synthesis of optimal weight structures

Gellatly, 1971, Optimum Structural Design Gallagher, 1973, Fully stressed design 1973 Schmit, 1974, Some approximation concepts for structural synthesis, AIAA J., 12, 692, 10.2514/3.49321 Schmit, 1960, Structural design by systematic synthesis, 105 Fox, 1971 Haug, 1972, A computational method for optimal structural design, Int. J. Num. Meth. Engng, 5, 171, 10.1002/nme.1620050204 1971 Fleury, 1978, Optimality criteria and mathematical programming in structural weight optimization, Comput. Structures, 8, 7, 10.1016/0045-7949(78)90155-4 Piekett, 1973, Automated structural synthesis using a reduced number of design coordinates, AIAA J., 11 Taleb-Agha, 1976, Method for the optimum design of truss-type structures, AIAA J., 14, 10.2514/3.7118