Abstract: Water permeable porosities and thermal conductivity of ceramic construction materials have been experimentally determined in this work. The samples were selected so as to obtain a wide variation in their apparent porosity. ...

Abstract: Design optimization of trusses consists of arriving at optimum topology, configuration, and sizes of cross-sectional parameters, when weight of the truss is minimum, satisfying a set of specified constraints. Genetic ...

Abstract: Optimizing most structural systems used in practice requires considering design variables as discrete quantities. The paper presents a simple genetic algorithm for optimizing structural systems with discrete design variables. ...

Abstract: A structural system consisting of story‐deep and bay‐wide discrete panels to resist lateral loads is investigated. To study the overall behavior of this system and to compare with the conventional shear wall frame, four ...

Abstract: Reliability-based structural optimization (RBSO) considering probability distributions of random variables pertaining to load and strength parameters and satisfying system level reliability requirements is essential for ...

Abstract: Genetic algorithms have been shown to be very effective optimization tools for a number of engineering problems. Since the genetic processes typically operate independent of the actual problem, a core genetic algorithm ...

Abstract: Layout planning of multistory buildings requires multidisciplinary participation in the decision-making process, which is governed by intuition, creativity, and experience of the designers, and available information. ...