Optimum shape design of arch dams by a combination of simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation and genetic algorithm methods

Advances in Structural Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 501-510

  Seyedpoor, S M ^a   Gholizadeh, S ^b  

^a SHOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arch dam; Finite element; Genetic algorithm; Optimum shape design; Response spectrum loading; Simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ARCH DAMS; ARCHES; CONCRETE DAMS; DAMS; DESIGN; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AND GENETIC ALGORITHMS; EFFICIENT METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT; INITIAL POPULATIONS; LOWER COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMAL SHAPES; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; OPTIMUM SHAPE DESIGN; OPTIMUM SHAPE DESIGNS; RESPONSE SPECTRUM LOADING; RESPONSE SPECTRUMS; SIMULTANEOUS PERTURBATION STOCHASTIC APPROXIMATION; SIMULTANEOUS PERTURBATION STOCHASTIC APPROXIMATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS PERTURBATIONS; THREE PHASIS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 56349118400     PISSN: 13694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/136943308786412069     Document Type: Article

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