Weight optimization of skeletal structures with multi-point simulated annealing

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-221

  Lamberti, L ^a   Pappalettere, C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multipoint random search; Simulated annealing (SA); Skeletal structures; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; GRADIENT METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TRUSSES;

MULTIPOINT RANDOM SEARCH; PLANAR BAR TRUSSES; SIZING CONFIGURATION OPTIMIZATION; SKELETAL STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249297930     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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