Computationally efficient discrete sizing of steel frames via guided stochastic search heuristic

Computers and Structures

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-28

  Kazemzadeh Azad, S ^a   Hasancebi O ^b  

^a ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

AISC LRFD specifications; Discrete optimization; Heuristic approach; Principle of virtual work; Sizing optimization; Steel frames

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DESIGN; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; SPECIFICATIONS; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION; HEURISTIC APPROACH; PRINCIPLE OF VIRTUAL WORK; SIZING OPTIMIZATION; STEEL FRAME;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84928715359     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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