Linkage-based movable bridges: Design methodology and three novel forms

Engineering Structures

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 214-223

  Thrall, A P ^a,d   Adriaenssens, S ^a   Paya Zaforteza, I ^b   Zoli, T P ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c HNTB CORPORATION   (United States)

^d University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Descent local search; Linkage; Movable bridge; Multi objective simulated annealing; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DESIGN; DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; KINEMATIC EQUATIONS; LINKAGE; LOCAL SEARCH; MULTI OBJECTIVE; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PARAMETRIC MODELS; SECTION PROFILES; SELF-WEIGHT; SIZING OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; KINEMATICS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

MOVABLE BRIDGES;

ALGORITHM; BRIDGE; KINEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 84856583146     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.12.031     Document Type: Article

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