An algorithm for grouping members in a structure

Engineering Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1760-1768

  Walls, Richard ^a   Elvin, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Commonality; Economic steel design; Standardization; Variable linking; Virtual Work Optimisation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED METHODS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH; GROUPING ALGORITHM; INITIAL SOLUTION; LARGE STRUCTURES; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PER UNIT LENGTH; STEEL DESIGNS; VIRTUAL WORK OPTIMISATION; VIRTUAL WORKS;

COST REDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; STEEL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

EID: 77952547774     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2010.02.027     Document Type: Article

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