Ant colony optimisation-based multiobjective frame design under seismic conditions

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 421-432

  Ghasemi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Farshchin, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SISTAN AND BALUCHESTAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Buildings; Design methods aids; Seismic engineering; Structures design

Indexed keywords

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SEISMOLOGY; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

ALLOWABLE STRESS DESIGN; AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTIONS; DESIGN METHOD; MULTI-OBJECTIVE DESIGN; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC BASE SHEARS; SEISMIC CONDITION; UNIFORM BUILDING CODE;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

BUILDING CODE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; SEISMIC DESIGN; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 82255191297     PISSN: 09650911     EISSN: 17517702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/stbu.2011.164.6.421     Document Type: Article

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