Optimum design of geometrically non-linear steel frames with semi-rigid connections using a harmony search algorithm

Steel and Composite Structures

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 535-555

  Degertekin, S O ^a   Hayalioglu, M S ^a   Gorgun, H ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Harmony search; Optimum design; Semi rigid connections; Steel frames

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

BEAM-TO-COLUMN CONNECTIONS; HARMONY SEARCH; HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; META HEURISTIC ALGORITHM; MOMENT-ROTATION RELATION; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; SEMIRIGID CONNECTIONS; STEEL FRAME;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 73149102732     PISSN: 12299367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/scs.2009.9.6.535     Document Type: Article

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