Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

The First World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO-1) was held in Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany from 28 May to 2 June 1995. Its aim was to bring together, at a single international meeting, researchers and practitoners in the field of structural optimization. This aim was met and these proceedings contain contributed papers presented at WCSMO-1, demonstrating the strong activity, recent advances and increasing importance of the field of optimum design. The book facilitates overview and easy access to these papers by categorizing them under 26 topics of modern optimization and by providing author and keyword indices.