A short introduction
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A short introduction
to the area can be found here
Useful web-addresses:
Academic:
The TOPOPT homepage of DTU - you find here an interactive design optimization tool-kit - MAKE YOUR OWN DESIGN.
Hoempage of Alejandro Diaz, Michigan Stat eUniversity, USA.
Hoempage of Noboru Kikuchi, University of Michigan, USA.
Homepage of Institute of Structural Mechanics, Uni-Struttgart.
Commercial:
MSC.NASTRAN design optimization
Vanderplaats Research & Development