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- Title
- Algorithm Development for Using Optimal Control in Structural Optimization Subjected to Seismic and Wind Forces.
- File
- PB90133471.pdf
- Author(s)
- Cheng, F. Y.; Pantelides, C.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY., January 1988, 296 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- STRUCTURAL SER-88-1-15
- Abstract
- The objective function is the structural weight of the building. The constraints include floor drifts, floor displacements, control forces, and natural frequencies.
- Keywords
- Numerical analysis; Earthquake resistant structures; Wind (Meteorology); Algorithms; Damping; Structural design; Graphs (Charts); Earthquake engineering; Stiffness; Displacement; Loads (Forces)