Structural Optimization - a Need in Design Processes?.- Shape Optimization of Engineering Components by Adaptive Biological Growth.- Shape and Layout Optimization.- Topology and Boundary Shape Optimization as an Integrated Tool for Computer-Aided Design.- Some Approaches to Shape Finding in Optimal Structural Design.- Shape Optimization and Identification of 2D-Elastic Structures by the BEM.- Applications of the COC - Algorithm in Layout Optimization.- Shape Optimization in Machine Tool Design.- Shape Optimization and Design Element Selection for Problems with Constrained Static and Dynamic Response.- Structural Optimization with Advanced Materials.- Optimal Design with Advanced Material.- Optimization of the Long-Term Behaviour of Composite Structures under Hygrothermal Loads.- Design of Laminated Composites under Time-Dependent Loads and Material Behaviour.- Optimal Orientation of the Symmetry Axes of Orthotropic 3D-Materials.- Strategies for Interactive Structural Optimization and Composites Material Selection.- Optimal Designs with Special Structural and Material Behaviour.- Some Aspects on Structural Optimization of Ceramic Structures.- Shape Optimization of FRP Dome Closures under Buckling Constraints.- Shape Optimization Using Boundary Elements.- 3D-Shape Optimization: Different Ways Leading to an Optimized Design.- Multiparameter Design Optimization in Respect of Stress Concentrations.- Sensitivity Analysis - Programm Systems.- Method of Error Elimination for a Class of Semi-Analytical Sensitivity Analysis Problems.- Design Optimization with a Commercial Finite Element Program.- Improvement of Semi-Analytical Sensitivity Analysis and MCADS.- Simulation Approach to Structural Optimization using Design Sensitivity Analysis.- MODULEF - An FEM Tool forOptimization.- Computer-Aided Multicriterion Optimization System in Use.- Dynamic Structural Optimization by Means of the U. A. Model Updating Technique.- Optimization with Stability Constraints - Special Problems.- Optimal I-Section of an Elastic Arch under Stability Constraints.- Application of Optimization Procedures to Substructure Synthesis.- Multimodal Optimization of Uniformly Compressed Cylindrical Shells.- The "Cut-and-Try" Method in the Design of the Bow.- Computer-Simulated Self-Optimization of Bony Structures.- Truss Optimization Using Knowledge Base.- Optimal Redesign Process Simulated by Virtual Distortions.- On Optimal Structures in Engineering.- Application of the CAO-Method to Axisymmetrical Structures under Non-Axisymmetrical Loading.- Numerical Simulation of Internal and Surface Bone Remodeling.- Engineering-Oriented Approaches of Structural Shape Optimization.- Author Index.