Optimal design of steel structures using standard sections

Structural Optimization

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-35

  Huang, M W ^a   Arora, J S ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONTINUOUS VARIABLE OPTIMIZATION; LINKED DISCRETE VARIABLES;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0031212568     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01197555     Document Type: Article

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