Shape optimization of cold-formed steel columns

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1492-1503

  Leng, Jiazhen ^a   Guest, James K ^a   Schafer, Benjamin W ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold formed steel; Direct strength method; Finite strip method; Genetic algorithms; Optimization; Simulated annealing; Steepest descent method

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; CLOSED FORM; COLD-FORMED STEEL; COMPUTATIONAL CAPACITY; CONSTRUCTION CONSTRAINTS; CROSS SECTION; CROSS SECTION SHAPE; DIRECT STRENGTH METHODS; FINITE STRIP METHOD; GRADIENT BASED; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INITIAL GUESS; LIPPED CHANNELS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION TOOLS; OPTIMIZED CAPACITY; ORIGINAL DESIGN; SHEET STEEL; SOLUTION SPACE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STEEPEST DESCENT; STOCHASTIC SEARCH METHODS; STRENGTH CALCULATION;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STEEL SHEET; STEEPEST DESCENT METHOD; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRIP METAL; STUDS (STRUCTURAL MEMBERS);

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 80052962745     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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