Structural engineering is focused on the safe and efficient design of infrastructure. Projects
can range in size and complexity, many requiring massive amounts of materials and …

The methods for discrete-integer-continuous variable nonlinear optimization are reviewed.
They are classified into the following six categories: branch and bound, simulated …

This paper reports on the application of a simulated annealing (SA) algorithm to the
minimum cost design of reinforced concrete retaining structures. Cantilever retaining walls …

The widespread availability of affordable high-performance personal computers and
commercial software has prompted the integration of structural analyses with numerical …

A review of the methods for global optimization reveals that most methods have been
developed for unconstrained problems. They need to be extended to general constrained …

The type of mathematical modeling selected for the optimum design problems of steel
skeletal frames affects the size and mathematical complexity of the programming problem …

Optimization is a branch of mathematics concerned with obtaining the conditions that give
the extreme value of a function, or many functions, under given circumstances. In other …

Recent developments in optimization techniques that deals in finding the solution of
combinatorial optimization problems has provided steel designers new capabilities. These …

回顾了结构拓扑优化的发展过程, 叙述了结构拓扑优化的研究现状, 阐述了各种常用的拓扑优化
方法. 结合作者在结构拓扑优化方面的研究工作, 介绍了ICM (独立, 连续, 映射) 方法 …

An optimization procedure is presented for the minimum weight optimization with discrete
design variables for truss structures subjected to constraints on stresses, natural frequencies …