Optimum design of industrial structures via harmony search algorithm including corrosion effect

Year 2017, Volume: 12 Issue: 3, 105 - 113, 06.07.2017

Musa Artar , Recep Çatar , Ayşe T. Daloğlu

Abstract

This
paper presents optimum designs of industrial structures comprised of truss roof
members and frame members including corrosion effect on steel cross-sections by
using harmony search algorithm method. A profile list taken from AISC (American
Institute of Steel Construction) is used in optimization. The stress and
displacement constraints according to AISC-ASD (Allowable Stress Design) are
applied in the optimum design process. A program was coded in MATLAB for
incorporating with SAP2000-OAPI (Open Application Programming Interface).
Harmony search algorithm method, one of the last stochastic techniques, is
selected for optimum solution. In this study, optimum designs of the plane
structures are studied for the cases with and without corrosion effects.

Keywords

Optimum design, harmony search algorithm, corrosion effect, industrial structure

OPTIMUM DESIGN OF INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES VIA HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHM INCLUDING CORROSION EFFECT

Abstract

This paper presents optimum designs of industrial structures comprised
of truss roof members and frame members including corrosion effect on steel
cross-sections by using harmony search algorithm method. A profile list taken
from AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction) is used in optimization.
The stress and displacement constraints according to AISC-ASD (Allowable Stress
Design) are applied in the optimum design process. A program was coded in
MATLAB for incorporating with SAP2000-OAPI (Open Application Programming
Interface). Harmony search algorithm method, one of the last stochastic
techniques, is selected for optimum solution. In this study, optimum designs of
the plane structures are studied for the cases with and without corrosion
effects.

Keywords

Optimum Design, Harmony Search Algorithm, Corrosion Effect, Industrial Structure, AISC

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