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Microcomputer‐Based Optimization of Steel Structures in Professional Practice
Author(s) -
GRIERSON DONALD E.,
CAMERON GORDON E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
computer‐aided civil and infrastructure engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.773
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1467-8667
pISSN - 1093-9687
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8667.1989.tb00030.x
Subject(s) - microcomputer , stiffness , steel design , computer science , optimal design , variety (cybernetics) , code (set theory) , software , structural engineering , engineering , programming language , artificial intelligence , telecommunications , chip , set (abstract data type) , machine learning
The paper concerns the computer‐automated design of least‐weight structural steel frameworks, where members are automatically sized using commercial standard steel sections in full conformance with steel design code provisions for strength/stability and stiffness. The necessary features and functions of such a design system are first identified. Two alternative approaches to the optimal design of steel frameworks are then discussed. Finally, a microcomputer software system is applied for the least‐weight design of a steel framework comprised of a variety of member types and subject to a number of load effects. A number of alternative designs of the framework are conducted to illustrate differing optimization strategies and corresponding outcomes.