Discrete sizing optimization of steel trusses under multiple displacement constraints and load cases using guided stochastic search technique

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 383-404

  Azad, S Kazemzadeh ^a   Hasancebi O ^b  

^a ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

AISC LRFD specifications; Discrete sizing; Guided stochastic search; Integrated force method; Steel trusses; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRUSSES;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DISCRETE SIZING; DISCRETE SIZING OPTIMIZATION; INTEGRATED FORCE METHOD; MULTIPLE DISPLACEMENT CONSTRAINTS; STEEL TRUSS; STOCHASTIC SEARCH; STOCHASTIC SEARCH TECHNIQUES;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84945262733     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-015-1233-0     Document Type: Article

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