...Haopeng Lou; Zhibin Xiao; Yinyuan Wan; Fengling Jin; Boqing Gao; Chao Li Purpose In this article, a practical design methodology is proposed for discrete sizing optimization of high-rise concrete buildings with a focus on large-scale and real-life structures. Design/methodology/approach...

... in the mutated solutions. Nayar Cuitláhuac Gutiérrez Astudillo can be contacted at: nayarc@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Continuous spatial domain Practical solution Real coding Mixed crossover Genetic algorithms Structural design Table I's rows represent...

... into the way a structure is carrying loads by identifying the material most effective in performing the load transfer. The procedure is applied to a number of structures to demonstrate its applicability to structural design. Research limitations/implications The examples demonstrate an insight...

... into account probabilistic constraints is emphasized. Nikos D. Lagaros can be contacted at: nlagaros@central.ntua.gr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Neural nets Optimization techniques Structural design Structural engineering The primal engineering task during the design...

... and further explore the cost factors by comparing different building seismic performance objectives throughout design. Wenshen Pong can be contacted at: wspong@sfsu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Damping Structural design Seismic loading Framed structures Earthquakes...

...Adnan Ibrahimbegovic; Ivica Kožar; Pavao Marović; Adnan Ibrahimbegovic; Guillaume Hervé; Pierre Villon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide the methodology for structural design of complex massive structures under impact by a large airplane. Design/methodology/approach Using case...

.... A. Ibrahimbegovic can be contacted at: ai@lmt.ens‐cachan.fr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Modelling Structural engineering Structural design Failure (mechanical) Ever increasing demand to achieve a more economical structural design requires that a better understanding be obtained...

... stress field. Structural engineering Structural design Failure (mechanical) Present work is the follow‐up on Part I of this paper (Brancherie and Ibrahimbegovic, 2008), discussing a relatively simple model capable of describing the behavior of a massive structure until the point of localized...

... resulting from taking into account the uncertainties on prescribed displacements. Develops a computer program to allow comparisons between several structural designs checking common specifications. Demonstrates the effectiveness of the present method for a cantilever structure modelled in the case...

... element, where ζ is an independent normalized co‐ordinate, and by global co‐ordinates of the tendon nodes[ 15 ]: (7) © MCB UP Limited 1997 Concrete Modelling Non‐linear programming Structural design Numerical modelling of non‐linear prestressed structures has been...