Title of article :
SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF STRUCTURES USING FORCE METHOD AND ANT COLONY ALGORITHMS
Author/Authors :
Kaveh, A. iran university of science and technology - Centre of Excellence for Fundamental Studies in Structural Engineering, تهران, ايران , Hassani, M. iran university of science and technology - Centre of Excellence for Fundamental Studies in Structural Engineering, تهران, ايران
Abstract :
In this paper, an energy formulation of the force method is developed and the analysis, design and optimization are performed simultaneously using ant colony algorithms. New goal functions are introduced for minimization, and ant colony algorithms are employed for continuous optimization. An efficient method is introduced using ant colony algorithms for designing structures with prescribed member stress ratios. Finally, minimum weight design of truss and frame structures is formulated using ant colony algorithms and applied to some benchmark problems from literature.
Keywords :
Continuous ant colony optimization (CACO) , Force method , Simultaneous analysis, design and optimization , Fully stressed design (FSD)
Journal title :
Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing)
Journal title :
Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing)
