The MINLP optimization approach to structural synthesis part III: Synthesis of roller and sliding hydraulic steel gate structures

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 329-364

  Kravanja, S ^a   Kravanja, Z ^a   Bedenik, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aswan; Discrete variable optimization; Hydraulic gate; MINLP; MINLP strategy; Mixed Integer Non linear Programming; Optimization; Roller gate; Sliding gate; Structural synthesis; The Modified OA ER algorithm; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROBLEM SOLVING; STEEL STRUCTURES; TOPOLOGY;

DISCRETE VARIABLE OPTIMIZATION; MIXED-INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING (MINLP); ROLLER/SLIDING HYDRAULIC STEEL GATE STRUCTURES; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032165675     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980930)43:2<329::AID-NME414>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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