Most cited Structural Optimization Books (updated 11/25/11) Based on Google Scholar

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MP Bendsoe, O Sigmund, Topology Optimization: Theory, Methods, and Applications, Springer, 2003, 1542 citations. Haftka RT and Gurdal Z, Elements of Structural Optimization, 3rd edition, Springer, 1992. 1354 citations. Haug EJ, Choi KK and Komkov V, Design Sensitivity Analysis of Structural Systems, Academic Press, 1986. 1164 citations. Sokolowski J and Zolesio JP, Introduction to shape optimization: shape sensitivity analysis, Springer, Ser. Comput. Math, 1991. 903citations. Pironneau O, Optimal shape design for elliptic systems, Springer, 198 2. 802 citations. Bendsoe MP, Optimization of Structural Topology Shape and Material, Springer,1995. 774 citations. Allaire G, Shape Optimization by the Homogenization Method, Springer, 2002. 566 citations. Haug EJ and Arora JS, Applied Optimal Design: Mechanical and Structural Systems, Wiley, 1979, 535 citations. Xie, Y.M. and Steven, G.P., Evolutionary Structural Optimization, Springer, 1997. 430 citations. U Kirsch, Optimum Structural Design: Concepts, Methods, and Applications, McGrawHill , 1981, 316 citations. Haslinger J and Neittaanmki P, Finite Element Approximation for Optimal Shape Design: Theory and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, 1988, 309 citations. GIN Rozvany, Structural design via optimality criteria: The Prager approach to structural optimization, Springer, 1989, 258 citations. RT Haftka, Z Grdal, P Hajela, Design and Optimization of Laminated Composite Materials, Wiley, 1999, 224 citations.

14. Cherkaev, A., Variational Methods in Structural Optimization, Springer, 2000. 220 citations. 15. W Stadler, Multicriteria Optimization in Engineering and in the Sciences, Plenum Press , 195 citations. 16. Kirsch U, Structural Optimization: Fundamentals and Applications, Springer, 1993. 169 citations. 17. Hassani B and Hinton E, Homogenization and Structural Topology Optimization: Theory, Practice, and Software, Springer, 1999. 146 citations. 18. Morris, AJ, Foundations of Structural Optimization: a Unified Approach, John Wiley & Sons, 1982. 118 citations. 19. Choi, K.K. and Kim, N.H., Structural Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization: Linear Systems, Springer, 2005. 118 citations. 20. H. Adeli, Advances in Design Optimization, Chapman & Hall, 1994. 7 8 citations. 21. W.M. Jenkins, Structural Optimization with the Genetic Algorithm, Elsevier Ltd., 1991. 76 citations. 22. W Prager, Introduction to Structural Optimization, Springer, 1974. 6 8 citations. 23. Kamat, M.P., Structural Optimization: Status and Promise, AIAA, 1993. 49 citations. 24. Rozvany, GIN, Topology Optimization in Structural Mechanics, Springer, 1997. 43 citations.