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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 40
ADVANCES IN OPTIMIZATION FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping

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Preliminaries
1INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION  
1.1 Fully Integrated Design Optimization for Engineering Structures with Benchmarking
E. Hinton, J. Sienz and B. Hassani
1
1.2 DISSENY: An Integrated System for the Structures and Structural Elements Optimal Design
P. Marti-Montrull and P. Company-Calleja
23
2OPTIMIZATION FOR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS  
2.1 A Comparison of Computational and Experimental Yield-Line Analysis of Slabs
T.D. Sloan, A. Thavalingam, A. Jennings and J.J. McKeown
31
2.2 Limit State Analysis of Masonry Vaults
D.W. O'Dwyer
35
3RE-ANALYSIS, SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION METHODS  
3.1 Reanalysis of Trusses using Modified Initial Designs
R. Levy, U. Kirsch and S. Liu
45
3.2 Reactive Tabu Search for Structural Optimization
S. Manoharan and S. Shanmuganathan
53
3.3 Decomposition of General Finite Element Systems for Optimal Design
F. Spengemann and G. Thierauf
61
3.4 Multilevel Optimization of Large Scale Structures based on Combining Optimality Criterion and Mathematical Programming Algorithms
S. Maksimovic and V. Zeljkovic
65
3.5 Optimal Allocation of Shear Wall at 3D Frame by Genetic Algorithm Application
A. Miyamura, Y. Kohama and T. Takada
73
4OPTIMAL TRUSS AND FRAME DESIGN  
4.1 Inelastic Stability of Rectangular Frames by Transfer Matrices
E.S. Kameshki and S. Syngellakis
81
4.2 Optimal Cost Design of R/C Frames based on Eurocode 2
V.K. Koumousis and S.G. Pentheroudakis
93
4.3 Graph-Theoretical Methods for Optimal Plastic Analysis and Design of Frames
A. Mokhtar-Zadeh and A. Kaveh
101
5OPTIMUM DESIGN FOR DYNAMICS  
5.1 Efficient Optimum Design of Structures with Frequency Response Constraints using High Quality Approximation
E. Salajegheh
107
5.2 Optimum Design of Arch Bridges using Modal Characteristics
A. Bensalem and A. Sibbald
115
5.3 Topological Optimization of Quadrilateral Meshes Associated with a Free-Form Surface
S. Maza, F. Noel and J.C. Leon
125
6OPTIMIZATION FOR COMPOSITIES AND NON-LINEAR MATERIALS  
6.1 Optimum Design of Sandwich Plates based on the Structural Stability
C.D. Jang and M.S. Cho
135
6.2 Optimal Design of Laminated Composite Plates
G. Giambanco, S. Rizzo and R. Spallino
143
6.3 Minimum-Weight Design of a Dynamically Loaded Machine Foundation on an Inhomogeneous Soil
Z. Sienkiewicz and B. Wilczynski
149
7TOPOLOGICAL DESIGN  
7.1 Study on Topology Optimization of Truss Structures under Multiple Static Loading Conditions with Nonlinear Behaviour Constraints
B.Y. Duan, S.H. Ye and A.B. Templeman
157
7.2 Topology Optimization for Discrete, Symmetric and Stable Material Layout Designs
C.C. Swan and I. Kosaka
167
7.3 Topology Design of Plate and Shell Structures using the Hard Kill Method
F. van Keulen and E. Hinton
177
8SHAPE OPTIMIZATION  
8.1 Boundary Element Reanalysis for Shape Optimization
L.-J. Leu and S.-F. Tsai
189
8.2 Lagrangian Model for Shape Optimal Design of Thin Shells of Revolution
J.I. Barbosa, C.M. Mota Soares, C.A. Mota Soares and R.P. Leal
199
8.3 Structural Sensitivity Analysis with Elastic and Elastoplastic Stress Fields
C.E.K. Silva, E. Hinton, J. Sienz and L.E. Vaz
205
8.4 Optimization of the Shape of the Nonconical Converging Dies to Minimize the Necessary Forces
E. Halbritter and G. Molnarka
215
8.5 The Aboudi Micromechanical Model for Shape Design of Structures
M. Paley, M.B. Fuchs and Y. Miroshnik
221
8.6 Adaptivity in Structural Optimization
K. Maute and E. Ramm
227
9MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION  
9.1 Optimal Process Design of Multi-Step Rod Drawing
A. Mihelic and B. Stok
239
9.2 Shape Optimization of a 3D Structure using Linear and Nonlinear Codes
G. Chiandussi, F. Urbinati and R. Fontana
247

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