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OPTIMUM DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES UNDER VARIABLE LOADINGS

1987

Abstract This paper presents a method for optimal design of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, subjected to quasi-static variable loads and accounting for cross-sections limited ductility requirements. It consists of a very simple refinement procedure to be applied in the classical Optimal Shakedown Design, (OSD), which leads to a strengthened structure satisfying the requisite that the actual plastic relative rotations, developed at a specified set of critical sections as a result of a variable repeated loading program, do not exceed given upper limits. This strengthened design is a safe but not strictly optimal design and is obtained using the simple rule that the steel reinforcement ar…

Optimal designEngineeringControl and OptimizationCritical sectionbusiness.industryApplied MathematicsPortal frameStructural engineeringManagement Science and Operations ResearchIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringComputer Science ApplicationsShakedownVariable (computer science)Simple (abstract algebra)Limit (mathematics)DuctilitybusinessEngineering Optimization
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