Optimal design of plate structures with discrete variables by group search optimizer

Advanced Science Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1057-1061

  Zhong, Genquan ^a   Liu, Feng ^a  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Discrete variable; Finite element method; Group search optimizer (GSO); Optimal design; Plate structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959639839     PISSN: 19366612     EISSN: 19367317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/asl.2011.1747     Document Type: Article

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