Sizing design of truss structures using particle swarms

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 261-269

  Schutte, J F ^a   Groenwold, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Particle swarm optimization algorithm; Sizing design; Truss structure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; STRESSES;

PARTICLE SWARMS; TRUSS STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EID: 0344035542     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-003-0316-5     Document Type: Article

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