Threshold accepting optimization of road vaults and rectangular hollow bridge piers

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 91, Issue , 2007, Pages 141-150

  Carbonell, A ^a   Martinez, F ^a   Yepes, V ^a   Hospitaler, A ^a   Gonzalez Vidosa, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concrete structures; Economic optimization; Heuristics; Structural design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRIDGE PIERS; BUCKLING; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETES; OPTIMIZATION;

ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION; ROAD VAULTS;

ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

ALGORITHM; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BRIDGE; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HEURISTICS; OPTIMIZATION; PIER; ROAD;

EID: 38849110116     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/OP070141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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