Guided stochastic search technique for discrete sizing optimization of steel trusses: A design-driven heuristic approach

Computers and Structures

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-74

  Kazemzadeh Azad, S ^a   Hasancebi O ^a   Saka, M P ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

AISC LRFD specifications; Discrete sizing; Heuristic approach; Principle of virtual work; Steel truss structures; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; DISCRETE SIZING; DISCRETE SIZING OPTIMIZATION; HEURISTIC APPROACH; PRINCIPLE OF VIRTUAL WORK; STEEL TRUSS STRUCTURES; STOCHASTIC SEARCH TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGNS;

BENCHMARKING; HEURISTIC METHODS; SPECIFICATIONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TRUSSES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84893114438     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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