Optimal design of reinforced concrete special shear walls using vibrating particles system (VPS) algorithm

• Autores: Samin Khavandegar
• Localización: QUID: Investigación, Ciencia y Tecnología, ISSN-e 2462-9006, ISSN 1692-343X, Nº. Extra 1, 2017, págs. 1647-1656
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In this study optimal design of reinforced concrete special shear walls is performed under seismic loading utilizing the vibrating particles system (VPS) method. First the principles of this new algorithm are presented. In the following, special shear walls and boundary elements are addressed. Then design tenets of these sort of walls are explained extendedly. In the next step, by using the VPS method, seismic design optimization of special shear walls considering performance and design constraints is investigated via examples. The objective function is to minimize the total cost of the shear wall which comprises of the cost of concrete, steel bars and formwork. In order to have a precise evaluation, the outcomes of this algorithm are compared with the results of the other algorithms. Ultimate answers and the convergence history diagrams illustrate the performance of the VPS method.