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The main requirements of load-carrying engineering structures are safety, producibility and economy. The role and importance of fabrication constraints and costs is shown in the case of a compression tubular strut, a tubular truss of parallel chords and a welded stiffened square plate. The evaluation of optimal versions of these structures shows that, neglecting the fabrication constraints and costs, the design cannot result in up-to-date solutions.
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Farkas, J. Structural optimization as a harmony of design, fabrication and economy. Struct Multidisc Optim 30, 66–75 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-004-0386-z
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