Computational design of lightweight structures : form finding and optimization / Benoît Deschamps. [electronic resource] Descamps, Benoît, author. Lightweight construction. Structural design Mathematics. Space frame structures. Building materials. Space frame structures Materials. TH1100 .D37 2014eb 724.6 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (Wiley, viewed May 5, 2014). "This book presents a computational method for the preliminary shape design of lightweight structures. The strategy relies on fundamental concepts of structural design to formulate an optimization problem combining the theories of mathematical programming and structural mechanics. The method considers many design settings including stress and displacement constraints, self-weight, multiple loading conditions and structural stability considerations. In addition, the conceptual framework is well suited to accommodate project-specific constraints."--Preface. 2014 Text 1 online resource (xxiii, 136 pages) : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118908860 eng FOCUS Series Focus nanoscience and nanotechnology series. Computational design of lightweight structures Computational design of lightweight structures