Optimal design of reinforced concrete frames Using big bang-big crunch algorithm

International Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-200

  Kaveh, A ^a   Sabzi, O ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Big bang big crunch algorithm; Optimization; Reinforced concrete plane frame

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

BIG BANG; BIG BANG-BIG CRUNCH ALGORITHM; BIG CRUNCH; GRAVITY LOADS; LATERAL LOADS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMISATIONS; PLANAR FRAMES; REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES; REINFORCED CONCRETE PLANE FRAME;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 84864390371     PISSN: 17350522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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