Title of article
TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION OF SPACE STRUCTURES USING ANT COLONY METHOD
Author/Authors
Tavakkoli, S.M. shahrood university of technology - Department of Civil Engineering, شاهرود, ايران , Shahryari, L. islamic azad university - Department of Civil Engineering, ايران , Parsa, A. islamic azad university - Department of Civil Engineering, ايران
From page
359
To page
370
Abstract
In this article, the ant colony method is utilized for topology optimization of space structures. Strain energy of the structure is minimized while the material volume is limited to a certain amount. In other words, the stiffest possible structure is sought when certain given materials are used. In addition, a noise cleaning technique is addressed to prevent undesirable members in optimum topology. The performance of the method for topology optimization of space structures are demonstrated by three numerical examples.
Keywords
space structure , topology optimization , Ant Colony Algorithm
Journal title
International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering
Journal title
International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering
Record number
2566584
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