Applying shape annealing to full-scale transmission tower re-design

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 1999, Pages 169-177

  Shea, Kristina ^a   Smith, Ian F C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Optimal re design; Structural design optimization; Topology layout

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; MASS TRANSPORTATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOWERS;

CIVIL STRUCTURE; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STAGES; DISCRETE STRUCTURE; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; SWITZERLAND; TRANSMISSION TOWER;

TRANSMISSIONS;

EID: 16444365062     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC99/DAC-8681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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