A nondimensional design procedure for minimum weight is presented in terms of geometric and material parameters. These are evaluated readily from the type of construction, boundary conditions, and stress-strain data. A nondimensional approach has been employed in order to obtain a simple and rapid design procedure that is applicable to the infinite possible variations of the material and geometrical properties. Each design graph is applicable for all materials and temperatures, thus enabling a designer to evaluate the effects of different materials, temperatures, loads, end fixities, and empirical analysis constants upon the minimum weight design. This technique has been developed in a report to obtain design graphs for columns, unreinforced and reinforced plate, and sandwich construction, which are subjected to compression or shear loads, and for beams in bending. Design graphs and illustrative examples for monocoque and corrugated cylinders subjected to axial compression, torsion, or external radial pressure are presented in this paper.