Form-finding of nonregular tensegrities using a genetic algorithm

Mechanics Research Communications

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Xu, Xian ^a   Luo, Yaozhi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Form finding; Genetic algorithm; Nonregular tensegrity

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; FORM-FINDING; TENSEGRITIES;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 75849130001     PISSN: 00936413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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