Heuristic approach for optimum cost and layout design of 3D reinforced concrete frames

Journal of Structural Engineering (United States)

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 853-863

  Sharafi, P ^a   Hadi, Muhammad N S ^a   Teh, Lip H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Costs; Frames; Optimization models; Three dimensional models

Indexed keywords

3D REINFORCED CONCRETE; ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION; FRAMES; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CONCRETES; COST FUNCTIONS; COSTS; HEURISTIC METHODS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84881380624     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0000508     Document Type: Article

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