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Preliminaries
1	INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION
1.1	Fully Integrated Design Optimization for Engineering Structures with Benchmarking E. Hinton, J. Sienz and B. Hassani	1
1.2	DISSENY: An Integrated System for the Structures and Structural Elements Optimal Design P. Marti-Montrull and P. Company-Calleja	23
2	OPTIMIZATION FOR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
2.1	A Comparison of Computational and Experimental Yield-Line Analysis of Slabs T.D. Sloan, A. Thavalingam, A. Jennings and J.J. McKeown	31
2.2	Limit State Analysis of Masonry Vaults D.W. O'Dwyer	35
3	RE-ANALYSIS, SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION METHODS
3.1	Reanalysis of Trusses using Modified Initial Designs R. Levy, U. Kirsch and S. Liu	45
3.2	Reactive Tabu Search for Structural Optimization S. Manoharan and S. Shanmuganathan	53
3.3	Decomposition of General Finite Element Systems for Optimal Design F. Spengemann and G. Thierauf	61
3.4	Multilevel Optimization of Large Scale Structures based on Combining Optimality Criterion and Mathematical Programming Algorithms S. Maksimovic and V. Zeljkovic	65
3.5	Optimal Allocation of Shear Wall at 3D Frame by Genetic Algorithm Application A. Miyamura, Y. Kohama and T. Takada	73
4	OPTIMAL TRUSS AND FRAME DESIGN
4.1	Inelastic Stability of Rectangular Frames by Transfer Matrices E.S. Kameshki and S. Syngellakis	81
4.2	Optimal Cost Design of R/C Frames based on Eurocode 2 V.K. Koumousis and S.G. Pentheroudakis	93
4.3	Graph-Theoretical Methods for Optimal Plastic Analysis and Design of Frames A. Mokhtar-Zadeh and A. Kaveh	101
5	OPTIMUM DESIGN FOR DYNAMICS
5.1	Efficient Optimum Design of Structures with Frequency Response Constraints using High Quality Approximation E. Salajegheh	107
5.2	Optimum Design of Arch Bridges using Modal Characteristics A. Bensalem and A. Sibbald	115
5.3	Topological Optimization of Quadrilateral Meshes Associated with a Free-Form Surface S. Maza, F. Noel and J.C. Leon	125
6	OPTIMIZATION FOR COMPOSITIES AND NON-LINEAR MATERIALS
6.1	Optimum Design of Sandwich Plates based on the Structural Stability C.D. Jang and M.S. Cho	135
6.2	Optimal Design of Laminated Composite Plates G. Giambanco, S. Rizzo and R. Spallino	143
6.3	Minimum-Weight Design of a Dynamically Loaded Machine Foundation on an Inhomogeneous Soil Z. Sienkiewicz and B. Wilczynski	149
7	TOPOLOGICAL DESIGN
7.1	Study on Topology Optimization of Truss Structures under Multiple Static Loading Conditions with Nonlinear Behaviour Constraints B.Y. Duan, S.H. Ye and A.B. Templeman	157
7.2	Topology Optimization for Discrete, Symmetric and Stable Material Layout Designs C.C. Swan and I. Kosaka	167
7.3	Topology Design of Plate and Shell Structures using the Hard Kill Method F. van Keulen and E. Hinton	177
8	SHAPE OPTIMIZATION
8.1	Boundary Element Reanalysis for Shape Optimization L.-J. Leu and S.-F. Tsai	189
8.2	Lagrangian Model for Shape Optimal Design of Thin Shells of Revolution J.I. Barbosa, C.M. Mota Soares, C.A. Mota Soares and R.P. Leal	199
8.3	Structural Sensitivity Analysis with Elastic and Elastoplastic Stress Fields C.E.K. Silva, E. Hinton, J. Sienz and L.E. Vaz	205
8.4	Optimization of the Shape of the Nonconical Converging Dies to Minimize the Necessary Forces E. Halbritter and G. Molnarka	215
8.5	The Aboudi Micromechanical Model for Shape Design of Structures M. Paley, M.B. Fuchs and Y. Miroshnik	221
8.6	Adaptivity in Structural Optimization K. Maute and E. Ramm	227
9	MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION
9.1	Optimal Process Design of Multi-Step Rod Drawing A. Mihelic and B. Stok	239
9.2	Shape Optimization of a 3D Structure using Linear and Nonlinear Codes G. Chiandussi, F. Urbinati and R. Fontana	247

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