Standardization of steel pole design using discrete optimization

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-349

  Kocer, Fatma Y ^b   Arora, Jasbir S ^a,b  

^a ASCE ^*

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STANDARDIZATION;

DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION; ENUMERATION METHOD; PREFABRICATED SECTIONS; STEEL POLE DESIGN;

POLES;

EID: 0031103725     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1997)123:3(345)     Document Type: Article

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