TY - CHAP U1 - Buchbeitrag A1 - Steinbuch, Rolf A1 - Pandtle, Julian A1 - Gekeler, Simon A1 - Popova, Tatiana A1 - Schweickert, Frank A1 - Widmann, Christoph A1 - Brieger, Stephan ED - Steinbuch, Rolf T1 - Bionic optimization strategies T2 - Bionic optimization in structural design : stochastically based methods to improve the performance of parts and assemblies N2 - In this chapter we introduce methods to improve mechanical designs by bionic methods. In most cases we assume that a general idea of the part or system is given by a set of data or parameters. Our task is to modify these free parameters so that a given goal or objective is optimized without violation of any of the existing restrictions. Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-3-662-46596-7 SB - 978-3-662-46596-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46596-7_2 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46596-7_2 SP - 11 EP - 56 S1 - 46 PB - Springer CY - Berlin, Heidelberg ER -