Structural Optimization: Where We've Been AndWhere We're Going
G. N. Vanderplaats · WIT transactions on the built environment · 1970
Structural optimization techniques are discussed, from the initial concept to modern approximation techniques. The present state of the art will be reviewed and future needs are addressed to indicate some of the challenges that lie ahead. It is concluded that the challenge now is to assimilate this technology into the practicing design environment.