Optimal design of Schwedler and ribbed domes via hybrid Big Bang-Big Crunch algorithm

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 412-419

  Kaveh, A ^a   Talatahari, S ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Big Bang Big Crunch; Configuration; Discrete optimum design; Particle Swarm Optimization; Ribbed domes; Schwedler domes

Indexed keywords

BIG BANG; BIG BANG-BIG CRUNCH; BIG CRUNCH; CONFIGURATION; OPTIMUM DESIGNS;

DESIGN; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

DOMES;

EID: 71949125186     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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