Abstract—Eccentrically Braced Frame (EBF) systems are one of the most common types of steel braced systems. These systems are used for designing structures against the lateral loads. For designing these systems, determination the best connection location with conventional methods is not trivial. Hence, in this paper, a method based on Genetic programming is proposed to investigate topologically all feasible connection points in the panel area. In this topological evaluation, eccentricity of different locations along with a few designing criteria are considered. These criteria which so-called objective functions are composed to conduct a single function. Finally, genetic modeling is proposed to go through searching the best eccentricity for the system. The results of the proposed method are so precise and trustful.
Index Terms—Brace, eccentricity, genetic algorithm, Seismic load.
Hassanali Mosalman Yazdi is with the Faculty of Engineering, Maybod Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maybod, Iran (e-mail: hmosalman@gmail.com).
M. Mosalman, F. Mosalman Yazdi, and A. Mosalman Yazdi are with the Maybod Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maybod, Iran.
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Cite:Hassanali Mosalman Yazdi, M. Mosalman, F. Mosalman Yazdi, and A. Mosalman Yazdi, "Genetic Programing for Topological Investigation of Optimum Eccentricity of EBF Systems," International Journal of Modeling and Optimization vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 206-209, 2013.