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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830086903321

Autore

Toklu Yusuf Cengiz

Titolo

Metaheuristics for structural design and analysis / / Yusuf Cengiz Toklu, Gebrail Bekdas, Sinan Melih Nigdeli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-119-84907-1

1-119-84906-3

1-119-45362-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 pages)

Collana

Optimization Heuristics Set  ; ; Volume 3

Disciplina

519.6

Soggetti

Metaheuristics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Introduction -- I.1. Generalities -- I.2. Structure of the book -- 1 Evolution of Structural Analysis and Design -- 1.1. History of design -- 1.2. From empirical rules and intuition to FEM -- 1.3. From FEM to AI -- 2 Metaheuristic Algorithms -- 2.1. A brief history of the development of metaheuristic algorithms -- 2.2. Generalities about metaheuristic algorithms -- 2.3. Evolutionary algorithms -- 2.4. Swarm intelligence -- 2.5. Other metaheuristic algorithms -- 3 Application of Metaheuristic Algorithms to Structural Problems -- 3.1. Objective function -- 3.2. The design constraints -- 4 Applications of Metaheuristic Algorithms in Structural Design -- 4.1. Generalities in structural design -- 4.2. Sensibility analyses and reliability -- 4.3. Types of structural optimization -- 4.4. Basic structural engineering applications -- 4.5. Appendix 1 -- 4.6. Appendix 2 -- 4.7. Appendix 3 -- 5 Optimization of Truss-like Structures -- 5.1. The optimum design of truss structures -- 5.2. Numerical applications in the optimization of truss structures -- 5.3. Tensegrity structures -- 5.4. Appendix 1 -- 5.5. Appendix 2 -- 6 Optimization of Structures and Members -- 6.1. Optimum design of RC beams -- 6.2. Optimum design of RC spread footings -- 6.3. Optimum design of RC columns -- 6.4. Optimum design of RC frames -- 6.5. Optimum design of RC cylindrical walls --



7 Optimization in Structural Control Problems -- 7.1. Optimum design of tuned mass dampers (TMD) -- 7.2. Optimum design of base isolation systems -- 8 Applications of Metaheuristic Algorithms to Structural Analysis -- 8.1. Fundamentals of the method -- 8.2. Applications to structures, generalities -- 8.3. Applications to trusses and truss-like structures -- 8.4. Applications to plates.

8.5. Further studies on the analysis of structures with TPO/MA -- Future Trends -- References -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Computer Engineering -- End User License Agreement.