Genetic approach to optimal topology/controller design of adaptive structures

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 815-830

  Liu, Xiaojian ^a   Begg, D W ^a   Fishwick, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive structures; Riccati equation and genetic algorithm (GA); Sensor actuator placement; Structural topology optimization; Structural control interaction

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLABILITY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RICCATI EQUATIONS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSORS; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; TRUSSES;

MEMBER ELIMINATION STRATEGY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032021404     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980315)41:5<815::AID-NME310>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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