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After being able to determine the structural behaviour by means of finite methods, an important goal of engineering activities is to improve and to optimize technical designs, structural components and structural assemblies. The task of structural optimization is to support the engineer in searching for the best possible design alternatives of specific structures. The “best possible” or “optimal” structure is the structure which is highly corresponding to the designer’s desired concept whilst at the same time meeting the functional, manufacturing and application. e.g. all multidisciplinary requirements. In comparison to the “trial and error”- method generally used in the engineering environment and based on intuitive heuristic approach. the determination of optimal solutions by applying mathematical optimization procedures is more reliable and efficient if correctly applied. These procedures will be a need in the design process and they are already increasingly entering the industrial practice.
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Eschenauer, H.A. (1991). Structural Optimization — a Need in Design Processes?. In: Eschenauer, H.A., Mattheck, C., Olhoff, N. (eds) Engineering Optimization in Design Processes. Lecture Notes in Engineering, vol 63. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84397-6_1
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