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Minimum-Weight Plate Design Via Prager’s Layout Theory (Prager Memorial Lecture)

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Computer Aided Optimal Design: Structural and Mechanical Systems

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NATO ASI F,volume 27))

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During the last decade of his immensely creative life, Professor William Prager’s research was directed at two central objectives, the derivation of a comprehensive set of static-kinematic optimality criteria and the development of an optimal layout theory. As the late Professor Prager’s closest former associate, the first author will review briefly these fields in the first part of this memorial lecture.

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  1. FB.10 Essen University, 4300, Essen 1, West Germany

    G. I. N. Rozvany

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Rozvany, G.I.N., Ong, TG. (1987). Minimum-Weight Plate Design Via Prager’s Layout Theory (Prager Memorial Lecture). In: Mota Soares, C.A. (eds) Computer Aided Optimal Design: Structural and Mechanical Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83051-8_3

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