Size/geometry optimization of trusses by the force method and genetic algorithm

DOI10.1002/zamm.200310106zbMath1151.74402MaRDI QIDQ3043999

Ali Kaveh, V. Kalatjari

Publication date: 10 August 2004

Published in: ZAMM (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/zamm.200310106

zbMATH Keywords

genetic algorithm; force method; truss; dynamic penalty function; contraction.; size/geometry optimization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65K10: Numerical optimization and variational techniques

74P20: Geometrical methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics