Journal
ENGINEERING OPTIMIZATION
Volume 50, Issue 2, Pages 235-252Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2017.1313250
Keywords
Vibrating particles system (VPS) algorithm; cascade optimization; upper bound strategy (UBS); optimal design; large-scale structures; dome truss structures
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In this article a hybrid algorithm based on a vibrating particles system (VPS) algorithm, multi-design variable configuration (Multi-DVC) cascade optimization, and an upper bound strategy (UBS) is presented for global optimization of large-scale dome truss structures. The new algorithm is called MDVC-UVPS in which the VPS algorithm acts as the main engine of the algorithm. The VPS algorithm is one of the most recent multi-agent meta-heuristic algorithms mimicking the mechanisms of damped free vibration of single degree of freedom systems. In order to handle a large number of variables, cascade sizing optimization utilizing a series of DVCs is used. Moreover, the UBS is utilized to reduce the computational time. Various dome truss examples are studied to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method, as compared to some existing structural optimization techniques. The results indicate that the MDVC-UVPS technique is a powerful search and optimization method for optimizing structural engineering problems.
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