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A General Theory of Optimal Plastic Design — Optimal Division into Elements of Prescribed Shape

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Part of the book series: International Centre for Mechanical Sciences ((CISM,volume 212))

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Since most problems treated in Part II concern plastic design, it will be useful to review a general theory of optimal plastic design, which was initiated by Marçal and Prager30, and Prager and Shield31, and extended by Charrett and Rozvany32, and Save33.

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Prager, W. (1972). A General Theory of Optimal Plastic Design — Optimal Division into Elements of Prescribed Shape. In: Introduction to Structural Optimization. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 212. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2644-8_4

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