Optimization of trusses under uncertainties with harmony search

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 543-560

  Vedat Togan ^a   Daloǧlu, Ayşe T ^a   Karadeniz, Halil ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Armony search; Performance measure approach; Reliability based design optimization; Reliability index approach

Indexed keywords

MACHINE DESIGN; RELIABILITY; TRUSSES;

ARMONY SEARCH; CONSTRAINT FUNCTIONS; CROSS-SECTION AREA; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE APPROACH (PMA); RELIABILITY INDEX; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 80052646182     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2011.37.5.543     Document Type: Article

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