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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 47, Number 4, August25 2013 , pages 495-511
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2013.47.4.495
 


Structural optimization with teaching-learning-based optimization algorithm
Tayfun Dede and Yusuf Ayvaz

 
Abstract
    In this paper, a new efficient optimization algorithm called Teaching–Learning-Based Optimization (TLBO) is used for the least weight design of trusses with continuous design variables. The TLBO algorithm is based on the effect of the influence of a teacher on the output of learners in a class. Several truss structures are analyzed to show the efficiency of the TLBO algorithm and the results are compared with those reported in the literature. It is concluded that the TLBO algorithm presented in this study can be effectively used in the weight minimization of truss structures.
 
Key Words
    teaching-learning-based optimization; truss structure; weight minimization
 
Address
Tayfun Dede : Department of Civil Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey
Yusuf Ayvaz : Department of Civil Engineering,Yildiz Technical University, 34220, Esenler, İstanbul, Turkey
 

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