Practical Handbook of Genetic Algorithms
Practical Handbook of Genetic Algorithms
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This paper presents the application of genetic algorithms (GA) for the design of continuous reinforced concrete T and L beams based on the recommendations of the current Australian design standards. GA have been used for solving many engineering problems and have proved to be efficient in achieving the optimum solution very rapidly. In this study, the problem of the optimum design of T and L beams is formulated based on the requirements of the Australian design standard for concrete structures, AS3600. This optimisation problem was implemented by writing a computer program using Matlab. In order to evaluate the developed system, a number of examples were analysed and designed using the developed code. The evaluation proved that the produced design is economical, also it proved that developed program is efficient and versatile.