Design of frames using genetic algorithm, force method and graph theory

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2555-2565

  Kaveh, A ^a,b,c   Abdietehrani, A ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b BUILDING AND HOUSING RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Analysis; Cycle basis; Force method; Frames; Genetic Algorithm; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

OPTIMAL DESIGN; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SUBMINIMAL CYCLES;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

GENETIC ALGORITHM; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 10644270761     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1170     Document Type: Article

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