An overview to structural seismic design optimisation frameworks

  • Authors:
  • Michalis Fragiadakis;Nikos D. Lagaros

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus;School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Polytexneiou, 15780 Zografou, Athens, Greece

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Structures
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

The application of the performance-based seismic design concept using alternative formulations is presented in this work. The formulations discussed, are implemented within an automated structural design framework using a metaheuristic optimisation algorithm. Such frameworks are able to accommodate any advanced - linear or nonlinear, static or dynamic - analysis procedure and thus replace, the conventional trial-and-error process. The formulations presented treat the seismic design problem in a deterministic or a probabilistic manner, with one or more objectives that represent the initial cost or the cost of future earthquake losses that may occur during the lifetime of a structural system. Furthermore, the implementations discussed are all consistent with the performance-based design concept and take into consideration the structural response at a number of limit-states, from serviceability to collapse.