Heuristic optimization of reinforced concrete road vault underpasses

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Carbonell, A ^a   Yepes, V ^a   Gonzalez Vidosa, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heuristic optimization; Road vaults; Structural design

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE DESIGN VARIABLES; HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION; LOCAL SEARCH; NEIGHBOURHOOD SEARCH; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; PENALTY FUNCTION; ROAD VAULTS; SA ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 84858414858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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