Cost Optimization of Structures

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While the weight of a structure constitutes a significant part ofthe cost, a minimum weight design is not necessarily the minimumcost design. Little attention in structural optimization has beenpaid to the cost optimization problem, particularly of realisticthree-dimensional structures. Cost optimization is becoming apriority in all civil engineering projects, and the concept ofLife-Cycle Costing is penetrating design, manufacturing andconstruction organizations. In this groundbreaking book the authors present novelcomputational models for cost optimization of large scale,realistic structures, subjected to the actual constraints ofcommonly used design codes. As the first book on the subject this book: * Contains detailed step-by-step algorithms * Focuses on novel computing techniques such as geneticalgorithms, fuzzy logic, and parallel computing * Covers both Allowable Stress Design (ASD) and Load andResistance Factor Design (LRFD) codes * Includes realistic design examples covering large-scale,high-rise building structures * Presents computational models that enable substantial costsavings in the design of structures Fully automated structural design and cost optimization is wherelarge-scale design technology is heading, thus Cost Optimizationof Structures: Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithms, and ParallelComputing will be of great interest to civil and structuralengineers, mechanical engineers, structural design softwaredevelopers, and architectural engineers involved in the design ofstructures and life-cycle cost optimisation. It is also apioneering text for graduate students and researchers working inbuilding design and structural optimization.

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Hojjat Adeli

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