Download or read book Engineering Design Handbook. Computer Aided Design of Mechanical Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Elements of computer aided design; Finite dimensional unconstrained optimization; Linear programming; Nonlinear programming and finite dimensional optimal design; Finite dimensional optimal structural design; The calculus of variations and optimal process theory; Optimal structural design by the indirect method; Methods of steepest descent for optimal design problems; Application of steepest descent methods to optimal structural design.