Title of article :
TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION OF SPACE STRUCTURES USING ANT COLONY METHOD
Author/Authors :
Tavakkoli, S.M. shahrood university of technology - Department of Civil Engineering, شاهرود, ايران , Shahryari, L. islamic azad university - Department of Civil Engineering, ايران , Parsa, A. islamic azad university - Department of Civil Engineering, ايران
Abstract :
In this article, the ant colony method is utilized for topology optimization of space structures. Strain energy of the structure is minimized while the material volume is limited to a certain amount. In other words, the stiffest possible structure is sought when certain given materials are used. In addition, a noise cleaning technique is addressed to prevent undesirable members in optimum topology. The performance of the method for topology optimization of space structures are demonstrated by three numerical examples.
Keywords :
space structure , topology optimization , Ant Colony Algorithm
Journal title :
International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering
Journal title :
International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering
