Shape-finding of a deployable structure using Simulated Annealing

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 52, Issue 170, 2011, Pages 241-247

  Thrall, Ashley P ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Deployable structures; Optimization; Pantograph; Scissor element; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN CODES; DESIGN PROBLEMS; DESIGN VARIABLES; GEOMETRIC VARIABLES; HEURISTIC SEARCH ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZED GEOMETRIES; RETRACTABLE ROOFS; SCISSOR ELEMENT; SECTION PROFILES; SELF-WEIGHT; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS; TRIAL AND ERROR;

BRIDGES; DESIGN; GEOMETRY; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PANTOGRAPHS; ROOFS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 84855814894     PISSN: 1028365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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