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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 60
OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping and B. Kumar
Paper IV.2

A Layout Optimisation Technique with Displacement Constraint

I.A. Azid and A.S.K. Kwan

Cardiff School of Engineering, University of Cardiff, Wales

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
I.A. Azid, A.S.K. Kwan, "A Layout Optimisation Technique with Displacement Constraint", in B.H.V. Topping, B. Kumar, (Editors), "Optimization and Control in Civil and Structural Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 71-77, 1999. doi:10.4203/ccp.60.4.2
Abstract
Layout optimisation of structures, involving changes to topology, geometry and component sizing, is both complex and under-investigated. A technique for the layout optimisation of pin-jointed frameworks based on the principles of Genetic Algorithms is presented. Structural optimisation constraints involving stress, local buckling, and nodal displacement limits are also investigated.

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