Optimal shape design of a frame structure for minimization of maximum bending moment

Engineering Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1824-1832

  Wang, D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bending moment sensitivity analysis; Heuristic adjoint method; Maximum moment minimization; Shape optimization

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EVOLUTIONARY SHIFT METHOD; HEURISTIC ADJOINT METHOD; MAXIMUM-MOMENT MINIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

BENDING MOMENTS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

ALGORITHM; BENDING; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447106126     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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