Abstract: This paper presents an efficient computer‐based method for the optimal design of reinforced concrete building frameworks. The width, depth, and longitudinal reinforcement of member sections are taken as the design variables. ...

Abstract: This paper presents an efficient computer‐automated method for the optimum design of steel frameworks accounting for the behavior of semirigid connections. The method explicitly accounts for both connections and members ...

Abstract: A nonlinear design method for reinforced concrete framed structures is developed. Both the strength and ductility criteria for reinforced concrete design are simultaneously and explicitly satisfied at the specified service ...

Abstract: This paper presents a multicriteria optimization method for the performance-based seismic design of steel building frameworks under (equivalent static) seismic loading. Minimizing structural cost (interpreted as structural ...

Abstract: Any theory of design for reinforced concrete structures implies a minimum structural cost for which all failure modes, or limit states, are covered in the design for specified loading and geometric configuration of the ...

Abstract: Due to the complex nature of a modern tall building consisting of thousands of structural members, the traditional trial-and-error design method is generally highly iterative and very time-consuming. This paper presents ...