Diseño automático de tableros óptimos de puentes de carretera de vigas artesa prefabricadas mediante algoritmos meméticos híbridos

[EN] This paper deals with the minimum cost automatic design of precast bridge decks made of U-beams and an upper slab. It uses a hybrid memetic algorithm that combines the population search of solutions by genetic algorithms and a search by variable neighborhood. This algorithm is applied to a brid...

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Autores: Martí Albiñana, José Vicente|||0000-0002-2435-4095, Yepes, V.|||0000-0001-5488-6001, Gonzalez Vidosa, Fernando, Luz Ivars, Alejandro José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/46928
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/46928
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Concrete structures
Heuristic optimization
Precast beams
Prestressed concrete structures
Memetic algorithms
Structural design
Bridges
Hormigón estructural
Optimización heurística
Vigas prefabricadas
Estructuras pretensadas
Algoritmos meméticos
Diseño estructural
Puentes
PROYECTOS DE INGENIERIA
INGENIERIA DE LA CONSTRUCCION
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Sumario:[EN] This paper deals with the minimum cost automatic design of precast bridge decks made of U-beams and an upper slab. It uses a hybrid memetic algorithm that combines the population search of solutions by genetic algorithms and a search by variable neighborhood. This algorithm is applied to a bridge made of two isostatic U-beams of 20-40 m of span and a width of 12 m. This example has 40 discrete variables. The evaluation module takes into account the service and ultimate limit states usually considered for these structures, i.e. flexure, shear, torsion, cracking, deflections, etc. The use of the memetic algorithm requires its previous calibration. Each of the heuristics is run 12 times, obtaining information about the minimum and average values, as well as the scatter. The parametric study showed a good correlation for the cost, the number of strands and the steel and concrete quantities with the span length. Savings have been found between 8 and 50% compared to other structures really executed. The presented procedure allows the practical application to the real design and its adaptation to the precast process.