Robust seismic design optimization of steel structures

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 457-469

  Lagaros, Nikos D ^a,b   Papadrakakis, Manolis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greek national seismic design code; Limit state cost; Robust design optimization; Steel structures

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSIONS; GREEK NATIONAL SEISMIC DESIGN CODES; LIMIT STATE COSTS; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (RBDO);

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 34248581425     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-006-0047-5     Document Type: Article

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