Collapse load factor of planar frames using a modified genetic algorithm

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 911-925

  Kaveh, A ^a,b   Khanlari, K ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Collapse load factor; Collapse mechanisms; Frames; Genetic algorithm; Plastic analysis

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TRUSSES;

COLLAPSE MECHANISMS; LOAD FACTORS; TRUSS ELEMENTS;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

GENETIC ALGORITHM;

EID: 11144257179     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.716     Document Type: Article

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