Masonry arch collapse loads and mechanisms by heuristically seeded genetic algorithm

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 190, Issue 8-10, 2000, Pages 1233-1243

  Ponterosso, P ^a   Fishwick, R J ^a   Fox, D St J ^a   Liu, X L ^a   Begg, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

HEURISTICALLY SEEDED GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MASONRY ARCHS;

ARCHES;

EID: 0034315488     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(99)00477-6     Document Type: Article

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