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dc.contributor.authorWang, Bin
dc.contributor.authorGibert, Benoit P
dc.contributor.authorGuan, Hong
dc.contributor.authorTeh, Lip H
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-12T01:31:46Z
dc.date.available2018-10-12T01:31:46Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0263-8231
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tws.2016.10.004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/143681
dc.description.abstractThis paper aims at incorporating manufacturing and assembly features into a shape optimisation algorithm for cold-formed steel (CFS) profiles. Genetic algorithm (GA) is used as the search algorithm and is combined with the augmented Lagrangian constraint-handling method to avoid ill-conditioning. Manufacturable cross-sections are arbitrarily drawn in the initial generation and subsequently treated as an integral part of the GA. The assembly features considered in the study reflect the ones commonly encountered in the construction industry. They include fastening elements (horizontal flange and vertical web) and allowances for utilities, and are treated as constraints. The algorithm is applied to simply-supported singly-symmetric, free-to-warp open section columns with various numbers of manufacturing bends. Three assembly cases for half sections are investigated: (a) a horizontal flange, (b) a horizontal flange and a vertical web, and (c) a horizontal flange and a vertical web with a utility clearance. A two-step optimisation process is used to optimise the columns: (i) the optimum positions of the fastening elements (horizontal flange and vertical web) are determined first and (ii) the cross-sectional shapes are then optimised. The optimised columns are discussed and compared to the unconstrained optimised columns and the conventional lipped Cee-sections. The results demonstrate the robustness and efficiency of the algorithm.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom271
dc.relation.ispartofpageto284
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThin-Walled Structures
dc.relation.ispartofvolume109
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAerospace engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCivil engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCivil engineering not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMechanical engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4001
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4005
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode400599
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4017
dc.titleShape optimisation of manufacturable and usable cold-formed steel singly-symmetric and open columns
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, School of Engineering and Built Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2016 Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorGuan, Hong
gro.griffith.authorGilbert, Benoit


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