An Introduction to Structural Optimization - Hardcoverby Peter W. Christensen (Author), A. Klarbring (Author) This book has grown out of lectures and courses given at Link? ping University, Sweden, over a period of 15 years. It gives an introductory treatment of problems and methods of structural optimization. The three basic classes of geometrical timization problems of mechanical structures, i. e., size, shape and topology op mization, are treated. The focus is on concrete numerical solution methods